Peter Binose: Blacks beg to be enslaved by ‘Massa’
By Peter Binose The chain gangs working on the road sides clearing the vegetation and debris standing out in the hot sun every December trying to get a crust for Christmas, something for their children. Chains you ask? What chains?…
Farewell to Ban Ki-moon
By Tony best From Nation News NOT LONG AFTER he became the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon headed to Barbados with his family. About seven years later, he was back in the country, attending the Caricom heads of government conference…
Embargo bogeyman
By Ewin James From Caribbean News Now Some opponents of the United States and supporters of the Cuban people ascribe the suffering of Cubans to the trade embargo that the US imposed in 1962, for Cuba becoming communist and seizing…
Nawaz Sharif and the Caribbean storm
By Anwer Mooraj From Tribune Pakistan The events of the last few weeks suggest that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must have shot an Albatross some time in his life, for nothing seems to be going right for him. His call…
Africa shows love for Castro and his legacy, but what has become of the revolution?
By LIESL LOUW-VAUDRAN From Mail & Guardian Africa The Caribbean’s ties with Africa remain strong, but some in the diaspora feel more attuned to Julius Malema than to the current leadership. The death of long-time Cuban ruler Fidel Castro prompted…
Trump right to worry about AT&T, Time Warner merger
By Michael Reagan From Newsmax On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary committee will hold a significant hearing on the proposed $84 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner, which owns CNN. AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson will be testifying, as well as others,…
David Jessop: New uncertainties ahead for Cuba
By David Jessop From The Jamaica Gleaner On November 28, the United States’ President-elect Donald Trump said, “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban-American people and the US as a whole, I…
Finally, some good news for the iPhone
By Max Greve From Seeking Alpha Apple iPhone sales have taken a hit from, among other things, the end of the USA phone subsidy system, which reduced prices by $450 at the point of sale. However, the key number was…
Why do we still romanticize Cuba, the East Berlin of the Caribbean?
By TONY KELLER From The Globe and Mail If the most common sin on the right is cynicism, on the left, it’s self-delusion. People on the right have a habit of talking themselves into refusing to care about somebody else’s…
Sir Ronald Sanders: In a crowded field for Trump’s attention, the Caribbean must get into the game
By Sir Ronald Sanders In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States of America, there is genuine concern about what his Presidency will mean for the Caribbean. So far, there have been expressions of both…





