In any society, freedom, democracy and development are all closely linked. Neither democracy nor development can be achieved without civic right and freedom
In the past the active participation of the population was crucial when the country was faced with major challenges – elimination of malaria, overpopulation, economic diversification
Epidemic mortality was very high suggesting that short-term measures needed to be supplemented by a more fundamental and long-term approach to public health policy in the island
At one time we had thought that an alliance between two mainstream parties was a guarantee of electoral success but this appears to be no longer the case