Make our local justice system more efficient before considering CCJ
By Elliott Penn From Jamaica Observer IMAGE: The Privy Council in London, England I am appalled and somewhat surprised that the current Government of Jamaica is against a referendum to determine if the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) should become…
St Kitts-Nevis election fiasco: symptom of a bigger problem
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 19, 2015 – Concern was rightly raised over the failure of the Supervisor of Elections in St Kitts-Nevis, Wingrove George, to declare the results of the February 16 general elections…
The Editor Speaks: Is Global warming true or false? Part 2
Last Tuesday and today I am setting out two different views on whether global warming is true or false. Both views have merit and both views also are questionable. However, it is a subject that both sides have distorted the…
As I see things: strong leadership essential to growth
By Brian Francis, From Barbados Nation news Ever since the global financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, many analysts throughout the Caribbean, including myself, have argued that if our countries are to return to the days of economic prosperity and…
China’s Yuan will rival US dollar globally
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday February 6, 2015 – Within the next ten years the world community should expect China’s Yuan (also called renminbi) to be as widely used as the United States dollar. For almost…
Implementing China’s new Caribbean policy
By David Jessop News Americas, LONDON, England: A few weeks ago, Dong Xiaojun, the Chinese Ambassador in Jamaica, wrote a commentary on the recent meetings held in Beijing between China and the Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American…
Law and Politics: Forty-one years of independence, what now?
By Lloyd Noel From Caribbean News Now We in the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique – are coming up to 41 years on 7th February since achieving that position of an independent state in the British Commonwealth…
Opinion: Caribbean Joe Biden misses his big opportunity
From Investors Business Daily Energy: At a Caribbean summit, Vice President Joe Biden promised oodles of wind and solar schemes as the U.S. way of helping these nations with energy needs. Coming from the shale superpower, what a wasted opportunity….
Taking ‘action’ on violence at schools
By Ricky Singh, From Nation News, Barbados In these stressful days of life, across our Caribbean region and the wider global community, Monday’s page-one lead story in the Daily Nation may well have aggravated tension for some families with school-going…
As I See Things: Managing C’bean economies
By Brian Francis, From Nation News Barbados Although the expectations generally can be considered mixed throughout the region, there is nonetheless some optimism among certain sectors of a turnaround in the economic fortunes of Caribbean countries in 2015 and beyond….