One Region
May 30, 2017
Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs) in the Caribbean have been the subject of much criticism, even though the financial and economic benefits ...
One Region
April 4, 2017
On March 28, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) experienced a public spectacle of disarray that, in 36 years of diplom...
One Region
March 28, 2017
A Commonwealth Free Trade Area (FTA) would go down in India âlike a lead balloonâ. Thatâs the opinion of Indian Member of Parliament, Shashi Tha...
One Region
March 21, 2017
The Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP), operated by many countries in the world, including the US, Spain, Switzerland, Malta and Portugal to na...
One Region
February 7, 2017
The remarks in this commentary were spoken in a television interview in Grenada on the day that Fidel Ruz Castro, the former president of Cuba, died. ...
One Region
January 31, 2017
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, is systematically implementing the pledges he made during the presidential election campa...
One Region
January 17, 2017
Tomas Regalado, the mayor of Miami â long a hotbed for Cuban exiles â has described as a âparting giftâ the decision of the waning Obama admin...
One Region
January 10, 2017
On January 1st, â60 minutesâ, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on âCitizenship by I...
One Region
December 20, 2016
After a lifetime in Caribbean and international politics, I thought the time had long since passed when I could be outraged by any event. But I was ou...
One Region
December 13, 2016
The Brexit chickens are coming home to roost in a troubled British economy, however much British government ministers and other English nationalistic ...
One Region
November 29, 2016
As Barack Obamaâs Presidency of the United States of America enters its final weeks, there are tens of millions of people in America and across the ...
One Region
November 15, 2016
In the aftermath of Donald Trumpâs election as President of the United States of America, there is genuine concern about what his presiÂdency will ...
One Region
November 8, 2016
For over 12 years, the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the United States have been involved in a contention over an award by the World Trade Or...
One Region
October 11, 2016
Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new president. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with Category F...
One Region
September 27, 2016
The October meetings this year of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC present a rare opportunity for Caribb...
One Region
September 13, 2016
Over the last few weeks, a trans-Atlantic war of words has been going on between the US Treasury and the European Union Commission (EC) over what amou...
One Region
August 30, 2016
Five years ago, on June 26, 2011, a 47-year-old man, Craig Anderson, was on his way to celebrate his birthday when he was attacked and murdered by 10 ...
One Region
July 12, 2016
Jamaicaâs CARICOM Review Commission has been established and has had its first meeting. Quite what is the purpose of the Commission is not clear, no...
One Region
June 28, 2016
The 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have, at the most, two years to formulate a plan for dealing with t...
One Region
June 21, 2016
The 46th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) was not a successful event. This judgement is in no way related to the governme...
One Region
June 14, 2016
"International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an âelections doneâ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining...
One Region
June 7, 2016
(The Writer is Antigua and Barbudaâs Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. The views expressed are his own) There...
One Region
May 24, 2016
I start with the now proven premise that no CARICOM nation is able to prosper on its own. No protestations to the contrary erase the evidence that, wi...
One Region
May 10, 2016
The transformation of the energy sector in Caribbean countries is the key to improving the economies of all of them. Sustainably cheaper energy suppli...
One Region
April 26, 2016
For a brief moment it appeared that good sense would prevail and the international community would ditch the failed âwar on drugsâ policy. But, al...
One Region
April 19, 2016
Peace and development will be endangered in Haiti if the United States and other nations insist that the interim government holds the second round of ...
One Region
April 12, 2016
The names of persons implicated in the leak of the so-called "Panama papersâ on April 3 reads like a whoâs who of the politically powerful in many...
News
May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
News
May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...
