By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 17, 2021 Our world exists today in troubled circumstances, governed by outmoded charters and laws that are no longer fit for purpose and do not…
Category: OPINIONS
COMMENTARY: ‘Drowning in promises’ after COP26
By: David Jessop December 14, 2021 In a powerful speech at last month’s COP26 climate summit, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley seized the day. In just eight minutes, she captured…
COMMENTARY: Democracy Summit missed an essential ingredient
By Sir Ronald Sanders December 10, 2021 US President Joe Biden declared at the opening of a “Summit on Democracy”, which he convened on December 9, that “democracy needs champions”. …
COMMENTARY: Wake up and smell the Chow Mein
By Sir Ronald Sanders December 3, 2021 A television interviewer asked me if I thought Caribbean countries, and other developing territories, would benefit from the ‘war for influence’ that the…
COMMENTARY: New trade partnership with UK set to increase jobs and opportunity both sides of Atlantic
By: Deodat Maharaj November 30, 2021 Arguably, we have never seen a stronger case made for global leaders to invest in our Region’s future survival than that put forward by…
COMMENTARY: Barbados’ Republican status is not a yen for pieces of silver
By Sir Ronald Sanders November 26, 2021 Among the most nonsensical statements uttered by a British Parliamentarian and repeated in the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, is that Barbados will…
COMMENTARY: An innovative private sector: A prerequisite for Caribbean green economy transition
By: Deodat Maharaj November 23, 2021 The Caribbean has been at the forefront of the ongoing COP26 climate change negotiations taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. We have seen representation at…
COMMENTARY: Men’s Issues are real
By: Wayne Campbell November 23, 2021 “Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down, it keeps us from…
COMMENTARY: MEET NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MISS KERRY POWERS AT THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN PS 333.
By: Helen Grenade November 23, 2021 The past has been written, the present designed, and the future is devised around Kerry Powers, Assistant Principal of the Manhattan School for Children,…
COMMENTARY: World Bank recommendations not enough for Caribbean countries to prepare for new Climate shocks
By Sir Ronald Sanders November 19, 2021 A new analysis by the World Bank provides a troubling analysis of the new shocks that Caribbean countries can expect from the worsening…
COMMENTARY: L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
By: Jude Elie November 19, 2021 L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE. There is a reason why this was the specific motto chosen by our forefathers. They had discovered, through hardships and…
COMMENTARY: Climate justice: small island states push back
By: Dr Anne Gallagher November 12, 2021 On the first day of the COP26 climate summit, Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda took an important step towards climate justice. Small island…