The Editor speaks: When will they ever learn? They won’t!!
You can preach as much as you like that you must act with responsibility, but unless you impose it by some form of force there will always be the elements that won’t. They believe they have their right to act…
Amandala Editorial: Lord Ashcroft buys a greater share of Belize
From Amandala, Belize News of a pending sale of Scotia Bank Belize, which had been operating in our country since 1968, has been floating around since last year, and with the bank selling off assets in the Caribbean, and also…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Caribbean among countries being unfairly targeted by US senators over Cuba
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Tribune242 THREE US senators, who have done little to advance the interests of the Caribbean and with whom requests for meetings by many Caribbean Ambassadors are usually shunted to their staff, are now proposing US…
The Editor speaks: Cayman27 and our Premier
“The reason Cayman27 went off the air was because it wouldn’t pay its government fees,” said our Premier, Alden McLaughlin. He was answering a question on today’s (Friday 19) Coronavirus Press Briefing regarding the need for Cayman’s media and the…
The Editor speaks: Why ALL lives matter and saying black lives matter doesn’t mean that other lives do not
I’m sorry I have to speak on this but when ‘Aunt Jemima’ brand is changing its name and removing the image of Aunt Jemima because Quaker says it is ‘based on a racial stereotype”, I have to speak out. When…
SANDERS: Can Guyana stand up to this trial of its democracy?
By SIR RONALD SANDERS From Tribune242 ADHERENCE to democracy, including free and fair elections, has been on trial in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region over the past three months in Guyana and Suriname. So far, Suriname is the only one…
The Death of George Floyd [he was no innocent when it came to crime]
By Nathan’ Jolly’ Green. June 08, 2020 George Floyd was no innocent when it came to crime; he was from an early age, becoming a career criminal. Unable to find work in Texas as an ex-prison convict, he moved to…
The Editor speaks: Is this a CUC joke?
With the outcry recently at the rise in CUC’s May electricity bills here despite the world price in fuel showing record drops from last February, we got an explanation that CUC had bought the fuel before it dropped when it…
The Publisher speaks: OLIVE
By Joan Wilson I’m sure most of you are grieving the loss of my dear friend OLIVE MILLER who passed away yesterday (19). To write about all her achievements and deeds in her wonderful ninety-eight years of life would take…
The Editor speaks: The Elderly still don’t count
I’ve already mentioned in a previous Editorial that the elderly are being overlooked in our government’s lockdown measures to try and stop the coronavirus. I did submit various questions on this subject to be asked at the regular Press Briefings…