Can We Save the World’s Largest Flowers From the Brink of Extinction?
The 42 known species of the genus Rafflesia are under threat due to deforestation and habitat destruction.
Caribbean Financial Scandals – Crystal Blue Persuasion
Peter Polack By Peter Polack The new Jamaican track sensation Oblique Seville recently became the 100m king in Tokyo as his hero Usain Bolt looked on. It had been nine years ago since Bolt captured a similar glory in Rio…
Caribbean Project Developers -The Tip of the Iceberg
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The Caribbean and further afield are beset with condo project developments that fail and give the country of their residence a big, black eye. In the ultra luxe Cayman Islands, a winding up petition has…
Sir Ronald Sanders | Haiti cannot wait
By Sir Ronald Sanders Sir Ronald Sanders On September 10, all 32 active member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) signed a joint statement on Haiti. As often happens in diplomacy, not every member state participated in the…
Caribbean Outsourcing Sector – The End Of An Era?
By Peter Polack Peter Polack Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno has recently introduced a bill for a 25% tax on any US company payments for outsourcing abroad called the Halting International Relocation of Employment Act or HIRE. This is a significant…
Opinion: Caribbean Utility Company Sales – The Missing Link
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The electricity provider for the Turks and Caicos Islands was recently sold to a private equity fund properly called a wealth fund. Like many laws and other restrictions of the Caribbean there was no peer…
Caribbean Election Mirage – More Of The Same
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The recent election in Jamaica set the stage for future elections across the Caribbean with a disaffected populace not only by the existent state of each particular country but the available candidates or parties. In…
Sanders: Case for Caribbean action on mental health
By Sir Ronald Sanders Mental health is no longer hidden in the margins of public life, whether in Europe, North America, or the Caribbean. It is a growing global reality that costs lives and livelihoods, and prevents social cohesion and…
How Gerrymandering Undercuts Workers’ Freedom
By David McCall Author Bio: David McCall is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Source: Independent Media Institute Credit Line: This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute. Jay McMurran grew furious several years ago when he realized that out-of-control gerrymandering…
Understanding APEC: The Making of Global Value Chains
By Matthew Phillips and Rory Ainsworthx Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter and the International Strategy Centre (Seoul, South Korea). Matthew Phillips is a part of the International Strategy Center and has lived and worked in South Korea for over twenty years and…
