Polack Post: Caribbean Incompetence: Cayman Attorney General
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The outgoing chairman of the most senior anti-corruption body and his predecessor, topped only by the new Premier, has described the performance of the Attorney General and his portfolio as unacceptable in the case of…
Polack Post: Caribbean Loyalty – The Secret
By Peter Polack One of the most perplexing questions that confront the Caribbean community today is the silence after targeted maritime assassinations by the United States from countries across the length of CARICOM with the exception of the outspoken Mia…
Polack Post: Caribbean Disunity – The Empty CARICOM
By Peter Polack Peter Polack A major USA news outlet has stated that Trinidad and Tobago was in full support of the Trump administration position on Venezuela and their associated activities such as targeted assassinations. This is unsurprising as the…
Polack Post: Caribbean and World Community- Missing In Action
Peter Polack By Peter Polack The Melissa hurricane disaster has left a trail of hopelessness behind, not only in mostly Western Jamaica but in the Caribbean as a whole and further afield. That hopelessness has now become reflected in the…
Vantage Point Vignette: Why Mamdani Needs a Black Agenda — By Dr. Ron Daniels
From IBW21 Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Sunday September 28th I was delighted to attend the massive Zohran Mamdani Get Out the Vote Rally at the historic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY with a prominent…
Polack Post: Caribbean – Spending Not Standing
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The rookie premier of one of the smallest and richest British possessions in the Caribbean recently declared that they are standing with Jamaica in the Melissa storm disaster. The Jamaicans have stoically borne the worst…
The AI Revolution – A Way Forward
UN Technology Bank Deodat Maharaj By Deodat MaharajGebze, Türkiye Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing our world. It has helped a few companies indeveloped countries set record-breaking profits. This week, Nvidia, a leading US AIcompany, hit a market value of…
Jamaicans Should Prepare for Prolonged Period of Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds
By: CHRIS PATTERSON, From JIS Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says Jamaicans should prepare for a prolonged period of intense rainfall and strong winds as the slow-moving Hurricane Melissa makes landfall. “The system is quite an unusual one, sitting…
The Caribbean as a “Zone of Peace” and the Role of Civil Society
By Rebecca Theodore As diplomatic relations between the United States and the Caribbean become increasingly complex, it now appears evident, that a peace chorus juxtaposes civil society’s dire situation amidst resounds of US war drums in the Caribbean…
Polack Post: Caribbean Conviction Expungement – Stone And Space Age
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Nickolas DaCosta, the beleaguered Minister of Home Affairs in the Cayman Islands recently crowed about the achievement of 23 Caymanians having their criminal records expunged in 2024. This is both ridiculous and laughable for a…
