It is not only the people of the United States that should be praying that their political leaders have enough sense not …
Commonwealth Political Insights
Survival of the Elitist: Caribbean style…
Western meritocracy on the face of it is underpinned by a system in which the talented persons are chosen on merit and …
Letter to the Editor – Towards a Diaspora Policy for Saint Lucia
Over the past decade, we have been witnessing a growing number of countries becoming interested in revisiting, refreshing and rebuilding relations with …
Fuel bills: an impending disaster for the Caribbean
In the words of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, the annual bill for the importation of fuel in his small …
Caribbean in greatest crisis since independence
“Make no mistake about it. Our region is in the throes of the greatest crisis since independence. The spectre of evolving into …
Forward Home: Does the Caribbean Diaspora have power?
This was a film screened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, under the auspices of His Excellency, Garvin Nicholas, High Commissioner for Trinidad …
Demography hands the White House to Barack Obama
A slow economy and poor labor market was not a critical liability for a US President with favourable demographics on his side. …
The Other Presidential Election: No surprises
While the eyes of the world were focussed on the Presidential elections in the United States, another significant election for the international …
Earnings and employment generated by the rum industry in 14 CARICOM countries and the Dominican Republic (collectively CARIFORUM) are under siege and …
Will voter suppression steal the US presidential election?
Without a crystal ball or obeah practitioner, the most reliable (if not perfect) way to predict the result of an election remains …