Let's hope that the caribbean "starting five" get their collective acts together and full CSME is realized as promised by December 2005, before the imperial vultures completely pick the meat from this recently elevated bone.

First world status will only be acquired and maintained with first class citizens. With Americans looking for a place to escape, it will not be surprising to find them giving T&T a closer look.

It's time to put a stop to the brain drain, as I have posted before. Eliminating the lines at the American embassies and rewarding the caribbean's most crucial resource, its citizens, would be a positive first step.

A friend of mine, on a recent visit to Rome encountered a great deal of difficulty trying to offload her US$. It seems Italian merchants would only accept Euros. Something for T&T's merchants to consider this coming Carnival.