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19, Dec 1999
"THE same logic that says Barbados should open its market to Trinidadian goods in a spirit of commitment to regionalism, is the same logic that says Barbados' fishermen should be afforded access to Trinidad without fear and thought of arrest." OWEN ARTHUR, Prime Minister of Barbados, speaking at the annual award ceremony of the Arawak Cement Co, on the relations between the two islands.

"BUT if we can ape so much of what we obtain in the metropoles, how come we have never seen it fit to develop a Ralph Nader type consumer watch group? We need to give pride of place in our scheme of things and business affairs to the NGOs that have been teasing towards the right direction. We need to empower them in the interest of our well-being."

BUKKA RENNIE, Guardian columnist, writing on "All dressed up and eating doubles".
"IN the wake of such changes in the demographics of the motor vehicle population, the frequency and security of accidents increased dramatically with the 1998 fatal accident figures attaining alarming levels."

DANIEL GUERRA, president of the Association of Trinidad and Tobago Insurance Companies, outlining his view that underwriting car insurance has become expensive to insurers faced with higher accident claims.

"IF you cannot work with love it is better that you sit at the gates of the temple and beg alms of those who work with love. When you stop loving the work you do, please for my sake, for your sake, for your clients' sake, for the industry's sake, leave the job."

ANTHONY WATKINS, behavioural expert, speaking to the graduates of the T&T Hospitality & Tourism Institute, Trinidad Campus.

"THERE are more e-mails sent each day in the United States than post office letters. There are six million Web sites, with 15,000 added each day."

REUTERS year-end report on technology appearing in the Business Guardian.