By: Dr Carla Barnett July 8, 2025 It is wonderful to be here in Jamaica’s beautiful second city, Montego Bay, and to welcome you to this Forty-Ninth Regular Meeting of…
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COMMENTARY: GATE tuition funding is a lifeline
By: Paul Sarran July 8, 2025 The Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme was once a cornerstone of progress and social upliftment in Trinidad and Tobago. It provided thousands…
COMMENTARY: Remarks | Dr Carla Barnett | CARICOM Secretary-General | Swearing-In Ceremony | The Hon. Mr. Justice Winston Anderson | President | Caribbean Court Of Justice | 6 July 2025
By: Dr Carla Barnett July 8, 2025 Today’s Ceremony affirms and celebrates the decision of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to set up the Caribbean Court…
COMMENTARY: Protecting Our Children Is a Collective Responsibility
By: Terri London D.H.C July 4, 2025 In today’s fast changing world, protecting our children is a collective responsibility that has become more crucial than ever before. As parents, caregivers,…
COMMENTARY: PNM’s Political Negligence Led to CEPEP Fallout
By: Paul Sarran July 1, 2025 The recent mass termination of CEPEP contractors has ignited national outrage and rightly so. Over 10,000 workers, many of whom reside in vulnerable communities,…
COMMENTARY: Global environment creates opportunity for CARICOM, Africa to achieve common goals
By: Dr Carla Barnett July 1, 2025 The current global environment provides an opportunity for Africa and the Caribbean to build on shared values and interests, and forge a path…
COMMENTARY: The continuing distress of the Haitian people
By: Sir Ronald Sanders June 27, 2025 The situation in Haiti is worsening, and the ordinary people of Haiti—already among the most impoverished in the Western Hemisphere—are its most tragic…
COMMENTARY: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
By: Lilia Burunciuc June 24, 2025 Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As…
COMMENTARY: Parliament Is Not a Lime on the Block – The Drama Must Stop
By: Paul Sarran June 24, 2025 In any functioning democracy, the Parliament is a sacred space. It is the ultimate arena of national decision-making, where laws are passed, policies debated,…
COMMENTARY: The Reluctant Landlord
By: Dr Christiana Best June 20, 2025 “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”—Martin Luther King Jr. Of all the roles I’ve played in my life, and there have been…
COMMENTARY: A Call for Renewal: Why Reconstituting the Senate Is Key to PNM’s Recovery
By: Paul Sarran June 17, 2025 The mess following the PNM’s electoral defeat is not just a moment of political turbulence; it is a turning point that will define the…
COMMENTARY: Keith Rowley’s fall from power, as Prime Minister and PNMs Political Leader has been as dramatic as his style of leadership was chaotic.
By: Capil Bissoon June 1,7 2025 In an article in yesterday’s Sunday Express, former Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is quoted as saying, “We must pay the price for Kamla’s…