The 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have at the most two years to formulate a plan for dealing …
Politics
A world according to Trump
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy speech on April 27 did not once mention the Caribbean. The Caribbean should be grateful or there might …
Troubling Freedom: “We must preserve freedom at all cost”
Last Friday saw the coming together of Antigua and Barbuda citizens, friends and well-wishers for a most special occasion, the formal fundraising …
Venezuela’s economy heading for collapse
THE POLITICAL drama in Venezuela, where a populist, authoritarian government is attempting to cling to power despite losing a legislative election by …
Good sense on drugs absent at the UN
For a brief moment it appeared that good sense would prevail and the international community would ditch the failed ‘war on drugs’ …
British PM uncomfortable about father’s Caribbean investments
David Cameron has refused to say whether any of his family’s money is still held offshore in a Caribbean tax haven after …
Caribbean banking: Defending rights, resisting unfair practices
In January coincidental to my assuming the Presidency of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS), I met, in …
Montserrat participates at the UK JMC Meeting
The Honourable Premier Donaldson Romeo and Hon. Minister and Deputy Premier Delmaude Ryan along with Hon. Ag. Financial Secretary Lindorna Brade and …
Immigration and trade in Politics: Part Two
In the first part of this commentary on Immigration and Trade in politics, the focus was on the present primaries of the …
Exploring the decriminalization of marijuana Part II
Apart from the law relating to marijuana, the Caribbean is under the sphere of influence of the United States of America, whose …