December 9, 2022 I was wondering how the fossil fuel producing CARICOM countries would react when the region were to have negotiations on climate change and carbon credits and things…
Category: EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: Cuba re-engaging with the region. Welcome!
December 6, 2022 Aren’t we all glad to see Cuba and its President Diaz-Canel back to the loving arms of its Caribbean neighbours. Truth be told, they never left. But…
EDITORIAL: Happy Independence Barbados!
December 2, 2022 May God bless your little nation and its leaders with prosperity for another year.
EDITORIAL: What did COP27 do to help T&T’s flooding? Nothing!
November 29, 2022 So COP27 has come and gone, but the region is still feeling the impact of climate related trauma. Despite efforts to gather up the gumption to agree…
EDITORIAL: Will we ever end AIDS for good?
November 25, 2022 World AIDS Day is coming up on December 1. We have come far from the scares of the early 1980’s when the then US Surgeon General, C…
EDITORIAL: Pledges don’t mean money in the bank!
November 22, 2022 So COP27 landed a huge win for the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage fund for it to help developing countries mitigate the climate impact on their…
EDITORIAL: We give our people up too easily!
November 18, 2022 Jack Warner lost his Privy Council appeal on his US extradition case. Not surprising because the US and UK work together, plus over the FIFA related corruption…
EDITORIAL: The FTX collapse is bone-chilling!
November 15, 2022 The world is now grappling with the FTX cryptocurrency exchange collapse and it is unnerving for people that bought into this industry, hook, line and sinker. The…
EDITORIAL: Never boycott an election!
November 11, 2022 Why on earth would the Opposition United Workers Party in Dominica boycott the upcoming election? Yes, there are irregularities. There are irregularities in every election around the…
EDITORIAL: These Citizenship by Investment schemes seem more hassle than benefit!
November 8, 2022 Every country in the Caribbean that has one of these Citizenship by Investment programmes have suffered reputational damage for selling passports. If the matter isn’t selling passports…
EDITORIAL: Back to regular problems!
November 4, 2022 The region is back to regular problems now that this COVID-19 pandemic is over. The International Monetary Fund said that growth is set to nearly halve for…
EDITORIAL: Are you worth reparations?
October 28, 2022 The chairman of Digicel has joined forces with the CARICOM on its Reparations Committee, but is it worth it in the end? What does that white man…