By: Rebecca Theodore April 14, 2023 Energy is critical to achieving almost all of the Sustainable Development Goals. From its role in economic progress and poverty mitigation, access to energy is an…
Category: OPINIONS
COMMENTARY: Vacancy: Leadership to unite the global South
By: Sir Ronald Sanders April 14, 2023 I was astonished recently to be told by one of the representatives of the Caribbean on the Board of the World Bank (WB)…
COMMENTARY: Mature response from Guyana at ICJ victory over Venezuela
By: Sir Ronald Sanders April 11, 2023 Guyana has won a second judgement in an ongoing case against Venezuela, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, “to…
Commentary: Why the continued deafening silence with regards to the financing of this new Balisier House.
By: Capil Bissoon April 4, 2023 Why the continued deafening silence on the many unanswered questions with regards to the financing of this new PNM Balisier House. It is not…
COMMENTARY: UN climate justice success should encourage small states to act together
By: Sir Ronald Sanders March 31, 2023 Efforts by small states to seek justice for damage and existential threats to their countries, caused by the world’s major environmental polluters, moved…
COMMENTARY: PNM not pursuing meaningful civil litigation
By: Capil Bissoon March 31, 2023 The PNM would want you to believe that in the 43 years they have been in Govt since Independence in 1962, they have been…
COMMENTARY: Kangaloo and Annisette-George have destroyed Trinidadian Parliamentary democracy
By: Capil Bissoon March 28, 2023 Both Kangaloo and Annisette-George have literally destroyed our Parliamentary democracy under the guise of political neutrality, behaving as though Parliament is an extension of…
COMMENTARY: Development crisis threatens Small States
By: Sir Ronald Sanders March 24, 2023 “The world is facing a crisis of development.” Those are the first words of a paper from officials of the World Bank Group…
COMMENTARY: Can political parties agree a social contract for national progress?
By: Sir Ronald Sanders March 17, 2023 Authoritative international bodies – among them, the respected Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) – have concluded that “democracy is under both…
HIS MAJESTY THE KING’S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE
By: H.M King Charles March 17, 2023 Email your opinions, letters and commentaries to: letters@caribmagplus.com
COMMENTARY: Commercial Paper – a useful financing mechanism
By: Wayne Dass March 10, 2023 Commercial Paper (CP) is short-term debt issued by corporates that is unsecured and used to finance short-term liabilities including inventory and payables. The original…
COMMENTARY: MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
By: Carla Barnett March 10, 2023 On 8 March 2023, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD), a special observance that…