By: Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. January 10, 2023 Recently, Harvard University appointed Dr. Claudine Gay as its 30th president. My first reaction was excitement; then after a bit of research, I…
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COMMENTARY: The fallacy of “President” Juan Guaidó is over
By: Sir Ronald Sanders January 6, 2023 The pretender, Juan Guaidó, is now finally gone. The myth that he was the President of Venezuela and had the capacity to act and…
COMMENTARY: Travel within the Caribbean in crisis
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 16, 2022 The closure of LIAT in 2020, without establishing air transport to fill the vacuum, has led to chaos in regional transportation, gravely affecting…
COMMENTARY: Protecting school children and ending gang violence: no time to waste
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 9, 2022 Gang violence, particularly in schools, and directed at school children, is fast becoming a grave concern throughout the Caribbean. Recent reports of school…
COMMENTARY: ESG and Credit Ratings
By: Wayne Dass December 6, 2022 There is growing expert consensus that the physical effects of climate change are contributing to more frequent and extreme weather events, including floods and…
COMMENTARY: MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 2022
By Senator Floyd Morris, PhD December 6, 2022 Every year, on December 3, the world recognizes International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The observation comes within the context of persons…
COMMENTARY: Higher cost of living demands competent governments
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 2, 2022 Throughout the world, people and their governments and Central Banks are worrying about inflation, or the rate of increase in the cost of…
COMMENTARY: Not a moment to waste: Small island states must defend themselves
By Sir Ronald Sanders November 25, 2022 Call me a cynic, but years of participation in negotiations between developed and developing countries have schooled me to be cautious about grand…
COMMENTARY: On the road to a sustainable Amazon
By Mario Lubetkin November 22, 2022 Over the past few years, the scientific world has recognized that the Amazon faces unprecedented survival challenges and may soon reach a tipping point…
COMMENTARY: Fearless Fight for Climate Fairness
November 18, 2022 By Sir Ronald Sanders Showing all the frankness that he demonstrates in his domestic politics, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, marched fearlessly like Daniel in…
COMMENTARY: America’s Democracy not trumped in mid-term elections
By Sir Ronald Sanders November 11, 2022 In my commentary last week entitled, US Mid-term elections: a defining moment for the World, I pointed out that no less a person than Joseph…
COMMENTARY: US Mid-term elections: a defining moment for the world
By Sir Ronald Sanders November 4, 2022 Democracy is at stake in the country that proclaims itself as the world’s bastion of democracy. That is the judgement of no less…