By Kareem Yarde September 16, 2022 The importance of air transport for the Caribbean is self-evident. As a result, many efforts and funds have been directed towards attempts to improve the…
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COMMENTARY: The Queen has died: Long live her legacy
By Sir Ronald Sanders September 9, 2022 The announcement of the death of Elizabeth II, Sovereign Queen of several realms, including 7 in the Caribbean, plunged the world into deep…
COMMENTARY: OAS plays significant role for democracy in elections
By Sir Ronald Sanders September 9, 2022 There are intermittent squabbles in the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), concerning the controversial general elections of October 20,…
COMMENTARY: Who the cap fits
By: Dr. Stefan Fortuné September 6, 2022 It can be confusing when a strongly capitalized, well-managed and profitable company’s credit rating is limited by a weak sovereign’s credit rating. What…
COMMENTARY: COP-27 failing before it begins
By: Sir Ronald Sanders September 2, 2022 The most ominous sign of what the forthcoming COP-27 meeting on climate change portends for small states is that officials from a Group…
COMMENTARY: Oil Rich Guyana – Contrasts And Opportunities
By: Felicia J. Persaud September 2, 2022 So, what would you do, if one day to your surprise, you found a buried treasure worth many billions of dollars? What would…
COMMENTARY: Another ban on leaders attending international meetings?
By Sir Ronald Sanders August 26, 2022 Once again, politicians in the U.S. are entangling the internal politics of their country with U.S. obligations to the international community. This time…
COMMENTARY: Haiti sinking deeper into catastrophe: Who will save it?
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 19, 2022 Haiti has never been far from wide-scale human suffering, grave political instability, and grim economic underdevelopment. But its circumstances today are worse than they…
COMMENTARY: OECS Director General calls for Youth to be at epicenter of our development in International Youth Day Address
By: Dr Didacus Jules August 16, 2022 Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Dr. Didacus Jules has called for the deliberate inclusion of young people in…
COMMENTARY: Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration? Part 3
By Sir Ronald Sanders August 12, 2022 So far in this attempt to answer the question, “Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration”, it has been established that, after…
COMMENTARY: Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration? Part 2
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 5, 2022 (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior…
COMMENTARY: Strengthening Guyana’s Relationship With The United States
By: Wazim Mowla August 2, 2022 The United States is Guyana’s most important bilateral relationship. The United States remains a major power in the Western Hemisphere and holds significant influence…