By Jean H Charles August 20, 2021 For the initiated the coincidence is not unusual. Pay attention to the eye of August it is more piercing and much more malevolent…
Category: OPINIONS
COMMENTARY: The Fall of Kabul, the return of the Taliban
By: Wayne Campbell August 20, 2021 “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”- John F. Kennedy. We have all seen the stunning and alarming images on our…
COMMENTARY: International Youth Day 2021
By: Wayne Campbell August 13, 2021 “Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dire need…
COMMENTARY: Are people in the Caribbean becoming architects of their own destruction?
By Sir Ronald Sanders August 13, 2021 The question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction? There…
COMMENTARY: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
By: Wayne Campbell August 10, 2021 “Indigenous peoples around the world continue to face overwhelming marginalization, discrimination and exclusion. Rooted in colonialism and patriarchy, these profound disparities are sustained by…
COMMENTARY: Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective
By: Sir Ronald Saunders August 6, 2021 Almost 80 years ago, Jamaica’s Norman Manley asked a question that has been echoing throughout the 12 independent English-Speaking Caribbean countries that form…
COMMENTARY: Using the OAS to promote discord over Cuba
By: Sir Ronald Sanders July 30, 2021 Much has been written about a meeting, convoked by the present Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS),…
COMMENTARY: The Road to Recovery and Resilience – Supporting Enterprises at the Backbone of Caribbean Economies
By: Deodat Maharaj July 27, 2021 The United Nations commemorated Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) day on 27th June. This day dedicated to MSMEs is to recognise their contribution…
COMMENTARY: In praise of a black Caribbean woman
By Sir Ronald Sanders July 23, 2021 CARICOM should be proud of the success of a Caribbean woman who was at the center of the effort to manage the COVID-19…
COMMENTARY: Reshaping education in a post-pandemic world.
By: Wayne Campbell July 20, 2021 “Learning is never lost, though it may not always be “found” on pre-written tests of pre-specified knowledge or preexisting measures of pre-coronavirus notions of…
COMMENTARY: Cuba could help US normalize relations
By Sir Ronald Sanders July 16, 2021 All may not be lost in the efforts to improve relations between the government of Cuba and the Biden Administration in the US,…
COMMENTARY: Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin America, Caribbean a PR Coup for China
By: R. Evan Ellis July 16, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has created multiple opportunities for the People’s Republic of China to advance its commercial position and influence in Latin America…