Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. September 8, 2026 Over the last decade, I have noticed an important shift: Black people and Black leaders across the globe are increasingly stepping forward, peacefully but…
Category: OPINIONS
COMMENTARY: The art of the long game: Trinidad & Tobago and Caribbean statecraft at the United Nations
By: Andy Knight September 4, 2026 In the days following Trinidad and Tobago’s overwhelming election to the United Nations Security Council, much attention has been paid to the result. Yet…
COMMENTARY: CBU Bolsters Media and Communications Communities by Honouring Two Giants
By: Garfield Angus September 1, 2026 The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) has brought together the media and academic communities in a powerful tribute to two late giants whose work helped…
COMMENTARY: Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and promises do not stop the killing
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 28, 2026 For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets.…
COMMENTARY: OECS Criminal Issues
By: Trevor Young August 28, 2026 As a well trained former police officer by the Regional Security System (RSS) and as an international author of books in my own right,…
COMMENTARY: Facts, due process and fairness: The CCJ’s test
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 25, 2026 I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described…
COMMENTARY: Stop the Money Flow to Organised Crime in Haiti
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 21, 2026 Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between…
COMMENTARY: Transparency, Sovereignty, and the Challenge of Power
By: Sir Ronald Sanders August 18, 2026 Few issues test the sovereignty of small states more severely than requests made by powerful friends. How should a country respond when cooperation…
EDITORIAL: Thank God for this quiet hurricane season
August 14, 2026 We just have to thank God that this projected soft hurricane season is shaping up to be exactly what it was said it was going to be,…
COMMENTARY: CARICOM Education Ministers begin two-day meeting in Guyana
By: Dr Carla Barnett August 14, 2026 Good morning! It is a pleasure to join you for the opening of this Fifty-Second Meeting of the Council for Human and Social…
COMMENTARY: The $269.9 Billion Question: What Is the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mass Deportation?
By: Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. August 7, 2026 For years, the national conversation about immigration has focused primarily on borders, enforcement, and security. Americans have repeatedly heard arguments about the cost…
COMMENTARY: The Changing Face of American Immigration
By: Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. August 7, 2026 The demographic landscape of the United States has changed dramatically over the past sixty years. A major turning point came with the Immigration…