What happens when a government has a plan but no policy?
By Cathal Healy-Singh From Caribbean News Now Answer: It runs into the proverbial wall at top speed. A plan is a schedule of activities, resources and a budget to achieve an objective. A policy is a set of principles and…
The view from Europe: Brexit, global trade and the overseas territories
BY DAVID JESSOP From The Barbados Advocate Last month a report appeared indicating just how important one of the Caribbean’s overseas territories has become in facilitating global trade. The study ‘Creating Value: the BVI’s Global Contribution’, commissioned by BVI Finance…
Sir Ronald Sanders: The Relevance and State of US-Caribbean Relations: Part 2
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON DC, United States, Friday July 21, 2017 – This commentary continues the discussion on the relevance and state of US-Caribbean relations against the backdrop of a publication by the Washington-based, Centre for Strategic…
Heading higher or stalling out? What the technicals reveal about Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd (CUPUF)
From Evergreen Caller The recent price of 13.6900 for shares of Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd (CUPUF) has put the price level above the Balance Step, indicating a near-term bullish pattern developing. Calculated from the last five balance points, the Balance…
The waning power of the petrodollar
By Jamie McGeever From Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – When the Federal Reserve begins reducing its holdings of U.S. Treasuries as expected later this year, some of the most consistent buyers of U.S. bonds over the last 15 years may…
Caribbean geopolitics rejects somaliazation of Venezuela
By Beatrice Rangel From Latin American Herald Tribune Former Venezuela Presidential Chief of Staff Beatrice Rangel reveals what machinations led to the release of Leopoldo Lopez by the Maduro regime in Venezuela. The world was not fully awakening to what…
The urgent need for a public anti-corruption task force in the US Virgin Islands
By Soraya Diase Coffelt, JD, MJS From Caribbean News Now On June 30, 2017, the US Virgin Islands Inspector General issued a 76-page written report with scathing findings, entitled Audit of the Department of Education’s Inventory Controls over the School…
Shares in blue chip stocks can pay serious dividends
From Prince George Citizen It’s a big machine. Twenty-eight years ago, my very first boss at RBC was at the tail end of a long career working for a benevolent employer, enjoying a largely prosperous five decades since the Second…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Caribbean rights in the OAS: not negotiable
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Kaieteur News Online Amid the finger-pointing and blaming over votes at the Organisation of American States (OAS) on matters related to Venezuela, the fundamental problems of the Organisation have been overlooked. Sadly, and wrongly, media…
Letter to the Editor: DART rock removal from Cayman Islands
From James T. Hynes June 28 2017 Re: DART Seven Mile Beach rock removal Dear Premier McLaughlin and Members of the Legislative Assembly: My wife and I have owned a home on Boggy Sand Road in West Bay since 1988,…










