by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 8, 2017 | DailyFT
I won’t beat about the bush today. I don’t want to talk about stuff and nonsense when there are better things to discuss such as ‘enterprising’ budgets and how this Government’s growth and development initiatives are made of ‘star stuff’. I can’t however ignore the...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 24, 2017 | DailyFT
I was distraught to discover the other day that our Head of State had allegedly caused some distress to a naïve young politico. Maybe it was because the n. y. p. is not savvy enough yet to know the difference between governance and politics. Perhaps there was some...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 17, 2017 | DailyFT
One has only to read the wide and varied responses to Budget 2018 (B18) to realise how fissured our society is. Some like it so much as to say that they love it. Others loathe it so much they’re dying of envy, or apoplexy, or both. There is little point in analysing...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 10, 2017 | DailyFT
It would be punny if it weren’t pathetic. I won’t floor the pedal on the issue – even though it is quite a gas. Because by now (even if your tank is still empty – and especially if it is) you must have had it ‘up to here’ with all the witticisms, silliness, and...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 2, 2017 | DailyFT
There were a few things that would get us island folk in a flap in days gone by. Cricket, coconut spirits, cost of living – these about cut it then. Today you can add constitutional reform to the heady mix that has us islanders ready to get our sarongs in a...
