Find and mind Caribbean culture
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Maybe I should have suggested a headline ‘The quest for the Caribbean heart and soul and purifying its society’. But there are more and different perspectives to it. It should be a top More...
What’s in the cards for 2018?
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert How serious can we take the various New Year messages and forecasts? In essence, many boil down to telling the audience that if their feet are numb, polishing their shoes is the ultimate solution, More...
It is going to be a busy Holiday Season for me
Ladies and Gentlemen, This week no column from me. I doubt that anyone would be interested in reading the serious issues that I bring up, during a festive season. I could have waited another 3-4 days with this, More...
Caribbean female leadership needed
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Would female leadership change the Caribbean? Most likely it will! It is all about the characteristics of how the members of the male and female gender have a different way of approaching a More...
Caribbean Airlift Council
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Airlift is a major Caribbean problem that deserves top priority because it is vital for tourism and trade, subsequently for the economic well-being of all population members of the Caribbean More...
Caribbean Friendly Skies
Have you ever heard of the ‘Caribbean Friendly Skies’, an airlift concept where all the flight connections are fast, the schedules are efficient, the flight attendants are beautiful, the pilots are good looking, More...
Encouraging messages
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Statistics have a sort of magical appeal and are a bit like mathematical enchanted tricks, aren’t they? The worlds of business and politics are littered with statistics. Some individuals More...
No Banana Republics in the Caribbean
By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Maracuja Republics, yes. But Banana Republics, definitely not! A few clarifying lines of political science may be appropriate here. Every government system is a ‘Cracy’ which originates More...
Banana Bay Beach
By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert The hyperglossy travel life-style magazine “Exotic Escapades” announced that the beach of St.Tosia’s Banana Bay has been selected as one of world’s top ten best beaches. This “gem More...
The Caribbean needs Think & Do Tanks
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert As an introduction, I could give you one of the many definitions of a ThinkTank, a Brain-Box or what Brainstorming is. I’ll spare you the futile semantics and just come to point of what More...
