Sanctions and the Caribbean
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Sanctions and large fines are becoming the weapon of choice for the United States and others as they seek ways to stop nations facilitating trade or financial transfers that touch countries they…
Importing food is damaging the Caribbean: Why no action?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday June 5, 2014 – It is shameful that golden opportunities to produce more food in the Caribbean and significantly reduce the astronomically high annual food import bill of US$4.75 billion are…
Maya Angelou – an American messenger, a universal message
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 29, 2014 – A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us – including me – never met Maya Angelou, yet…
Letter: Subjecting Caribbean children to Marxist communist influence
Peter Binose From Caribbean News Now Dear Sir: We now have an entire generation of Caribbean children born after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the USSR. They didn’t live through the mass repression and carnage that was Soviet…
CARIBBEAN VIEW: Saving the CARICOM-Canada talks
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News PHOTO: Sir Ronald Sanders Negotiations between Canada and the 15 member-states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are now in danger of ending without result on June 30…
OPINION: Financial crisis crossed out
By Samuel Rosenberg From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean has been through difficult economic times, but some experts suggest that the recession is over and we are emerging on the other side. Does your own bank account balance reflect…
Chris Packham: Put wildlife before humans – and stop killing childhood
By Sherna Noah From Western Daily Press Human beings need to stop prioritising themselves over the environment and help wildlife instead of “chasing cures for cancer”, Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has said. The outspoken naturalist, 53, also criticised Sir Richard…
Letter to the Editor
By Quincy Brown Two Caymanians to be ordained I have been invited to attend two ordination ceremonies during the month of May. The first is for a young man named Joseph Kirkconnell. His official ordination to the Priesthood will take…
OPINION: The Caribbean should show leadership in the Commonwealth
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. In my previous commentary, I argued that the 53-nation Commonwealth association is an important instrument for the promotion of the interests of small states including those in the Caribbean. But, I also…
Commentary: Our Caribbean: The political party and the elected government
By Oliver Mills From Caribbean News Now Gordon Lewis, in his book “Main currents in Caribbean thought”, states that different European colonising groups put their distinctive mark upon different Caribbean colonies, and this is shown by the fact that, in…
