Caribbean baroness again attempts to suppress freedom of the press
From Caribbean News Now contributor LONDON, England — Last year, the Commonwealth secretary general, Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland, filed a complaint over online coverage about her by London’s Mail on Sunday (MoS) with Britain’s Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). The…
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Dominica baroness a regional embarrassment, says Antigua PM
From Caribbean News Now LONDON, England — Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has described reports of profligate misspending and wastage by Commonwealth secretary general, Dominican-born Baroness Patricia Scotland, as an embarrassment to the Caribbean. Browne said that, instead…
Catholic Order disowns honours awards to Caribbean leaders
From Caribbean News Now MADRID, Spain — In a press statement on Saturday, the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, a Catholic institution based in Spain, disowned what it described as the purported exchanges of decorations between the Constantinian…
Commonwealth’s new boss is spending appalling amounts of public money
By Guy Adams For Daily Mail UK Fit for public office? Dubbed Baroness Shameless for cosy links with evil tyrannies, the Commonwealth’s new boss is spending appalling amounts of public money self-promoting herself and chums Baroness Scotland of Asthal is…
The Editor Speaks: From an outsider
I am very much an outsider. I look on, mostly. At one point in my life I was on the inside but I was uncomfortable with that position. I have found by observing, listening, and allowing my nose to twitch…
On making a mockery of regionalism
From Barbados Today The coordination of foreign policy among member states was one of the principal reasons for establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) back in 1973. The founding fathers felt that by arriving at common positions and speaking with a…
Congratulations pour in from around the Caribbean for New Commonwealth Secretary General
From WINN St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Congratulations poured in from around the Caribbean for the newly elected Dominican-born Commonwealth Secretary General Designate Baroness Patricia Scotland. Though CARICOM members had been unable to agree on a single candidate for the…
The Commonwealth’s battle for relevance
By Kayode Soyinka from Jamaica Observer Where is the Commonwealth these days? The multi-lateral organisation of nations who are bound together by a similar colonial past, as colonies under British rule, has lost its sparkle and it’s rarely heard of…
Dominica confuses and embarrasses CARICOM
From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA — The insistence by the government of Dominica to sponsor the candidacy of a sitting member of the British parliament and former minister in the British government for the post of Commonwealth secretary-general…
