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Alcoa negotiator being investigated for bribery by US/UK prosecutors

06-Apr-10

Good to see you again. Glad you enjoy the Limes.Not that anyone in the local media should be asking questions of our politicians, or anything… From the Wall Street Journal: U.S. and U.K. prosecutors are investigating a prominent Canadian businessman for criminal money laundering and bribery as part of a two-year investigation centering on Alcoa [...]

Virgin Atlantic and the Travel Foundation dig a deeper hole for themselves, continue to condescend to Caribbean youth

11-Feb-10

In response to my indictment of the ‘charitable’ efforts of Virgin Atlantic and the Travel Foundation to turn a generation of young people in the Caribbean into fisherfolk and bee-keepers, a Virgin representative posted the following in the comments: The Travel Foundation and Virgin Atlantic were concerned to read your comments on our work together [...]

Virgin Atlantic’s patronising ‘help the Caribbean’ campaign

09-Feb-10

Hats off to Virgin Atlantic and the Travel Foundation for rendering me completely speechless: The Travel Foundation cares for the people and places we all love to visit. Sustainable tourism can help protect traditions, culture and the natural environment – the things that make your holiday special. It can also improve the lives of the [...]

T&T media FAIL, Haiti edition

12-Jan-10

Dear Trinidadian media: the Haitian earthquake is the biggest and most important Caribbean story, bar none, of the moment and the year to date. What, exactly, is your excuse for your utter inability to update your sites to reflect this state of affairs, per the following screenshots (taken at approximately 8.55pm Trinidad time): Poor.

Haiti.

12-Jan-10

Too often, relatively inconsequential events are referred to as “a tragedy” or “tragic”. But what is happening in Haiti – dozens dead, many more injured and dying in the aftermath of a 7.3 earthquake that also damaged and possibly destroyed the country’s National Palace – is a tragedy. Readers, Haiti needs your help. In the [...]

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