The Editor Speaks: More shocks and a meteor has hit me
MORE people voted for the Party system than the Independents. 60% to 40% – do the maths yourselves. And Tara Rivers is no part of that so called Independent gang so don’t count her 530 odd votes in the equation….
The Editor speaks: Shocks, shocking and shocked
Even though I was expecting some shocks after yesterday’s election I was right there were. The shocks were not where I expected they would be. I knew Kenneth Bryan was going to be tough. He had been campaigning for over…
The Editor speaks: What is a mother. What isn’t a mother – MOAB
When we think of a mother do we really think she is someone who gives birth and nurtures a being to bring destruction and death? “A mother gives life and this one gives death, and we call this device a…
Fruits of warrantless surveillance in the Cayman Islands now admissible in court
By Kenneth Rijock From Kenneth Rikock’s Financial Crime Blog A word to the wise; there is no longer any true electronic communications privacy in the Cayman Islands. A local media quest, to obtain information about the now-admissible warrantless electronic searches,…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Inglorious Empire – Parallels of Indian and West Indian exploitation
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday May 12, 2017 – The yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed amongst the older generation throughout the shires of Britain during the BREXIT campaign. Those…
The World Health Organization – why everyone should care
By Dr David Nabarro From Caribbean News Now Health is one of the most precious things to us all as individuals and families. It is something we very often take for granted, until we no longer have it. As the…
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler: Europe and US dodging demands for slavery reparations
By Earl Bousquet From Caribbean News Now The recent furor in Grenada over whether slave history has a role in tourism promotion is an important development that fits smack in the middle of the ongoing Caribbean discussion on reparations from…
The Editor speaks: Our election is quiet – compare to the French one – but is balloting really secret anymore
The French election is an example of how divided opinions run completely out of control. There they are down to just two candidates whilst here we have 61! The last debate between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron was a…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Debt strangling a Caribbean generation
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the 21st century, and foregone opportunities for…
The Editor speaks: How to make a tragedy even worse
The horrific tragedy in East End where four lives were lost and two others are lying seriously injured in hospital was bad enough. However, the incident has become even worse. I have only minutes ago received a press release form…