The Editor speaks: Hurrah for former Cayman Islands Governor Alan Scott
One of my favourite Governors of the Cayman Islands I had the pleasure of meeting was Alan Scott. He was jovial, friendly and very far from being pompous. When it was publically announced I had cancer recently and I was…
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The View from Europe: It is time for a new CARICOM policy on marijuana
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now At the end of July, 11 individuals received jail sentences in Havana of between 15 to 30 years for attempting to traffic narcotics into Cuba from Jamaica. The convictions followed a number of…
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Derisking threatens Caribbean banking sector and trade
By Allan Wright From The Huffington Post Allan Wright is country economist for The Bahamas at the Inter-American Development Bank, and an associate researcher for the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance. He formerly was a senior economist for the…
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Economic incentives vital for development of the Guiana Shield
By Dr Odeen Ishmael From Caribbean News Now The fourth international congress on the biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, sponsored by the International Biodiversity Society of the Guiana Shield (IBG) in conjunction with the Guyana government, was held during August 8-12…
Peter Binose: Time to kill Douglas De Freitas and Nice Radio off for good
By Peter Binose For years now they have tried their hardest to destroy Douglas De Freitas and Nice Radio. They have regarded him as a political thorn in their side for years. They have despised his free speech and exposé’s…
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The View from Europe: Rebalancing the Chinese economic relationship
BY: DAVID JESSOP From Barbados Advocate Last month the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published a paper ‘Chinese rise in the Caribbean – What does it mean for Caribbean Stakeholders?’ Although, in its conclusions, it said little more than a number…
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The Editor speaks: An Irish cop with impressive pedigree
We now have a new police commissioner, Derek Patrick Byrne from Ireland. One of our lead stories today from the Irish Independent describes his leaving his previous post as Assistant Commissioner at the gardaí, as a “major blow”. Byrne had…
Peter Binose: Deputy Dawg
By Peter Binose Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has no Constitutional provision for a Deputy Prime Minister or even an Acting Prime Minister. The Constitution is quite clear on that. There is not a provision for Deputy Prime Minister or…
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Peter Binose: Time to stop Visitors from Venezuela from entering the Caribbean without a treatment certificate
By Peter Binose In 2001 Venezuela was so affected by dengue that it trickled down through the Caribbean and the Americas which reached a crescendo by 2014. Almost every citizen throughout the Caribbean suffered from the disease it proved unstoppable. Dengue…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: Where has fight in developing countries gone?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone; it is also the fault of developing countries that let them….
