Are Christians who support Ralph Gonsalves abandoning their faith?
By Johannes King The popularity of Ralph Gonsalves among self-identified Christians must lead national figures in Vincentian Christianity to question whether large swaths of the church even know what their faith teaches, and how it applies to public and political…
Peter Binose: Britain was Great before they joined Europe and they will be Great again outside Europe.
By Peter Binose The British joining the EU did no good turn to the commonwealth members. They were told they would have a bigger market in which to sell their goods. But it destroyed some of those commonwealth producers who…
The View from Europe: The media and the linguistic divide
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In the middle of last month Danilo Medina was sworn in as president of the Dominican Republic for a second term. His inauguration was attended by many senior figures from the Americas including…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Independent but tied to Privy Council
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News AS THE first two CARICOM member states to part company with British colonial rule within weeks of each other back in August 1962, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago continue to reveal similarities that are…
History is repeating itself and America may not survive
By Richard Lawless From Caribbean News Now In 2006 a financial crisis of unprecedented magnitude hit America. Wall Street, with at least complicit support from our legislators, the DOJ and regulatory agencies began to create new financial instruments to sell…
Has politics become delinquent?
By Oliver Mills From Caribbean News Now Caribbean systems of governance have been undergoing serious critique because of their perceived dysfunctionality in delivering economic and social goods, and protecting the lives and property of citizens who are at the core…
Guyana: The Caribbean laughs at us; we are primitive
By Freddie Kissoon From Kaieteur News It is not that we do not know we are primitive. We know it but we aren’t doing anything about it, and there is no effort about doing anything about it. You talk to any…
The Editor speaks: You have to shout to be ……..
“Heard” is the obvious word to end the above sentence. Just as common now is the word “successful”. Have you noticed the sudden rise of noise in our commercials, whether on video or audio. Especially audio. Not only do these…
The Editor speaks: Hurrah for former Cayman Islands Governor Alan Scott
One of my favourite Governors of the Cayman Islands I had the pleasure of meeting was Alan Scott. He was jovial, friendly and very far from being pompous. When it was publically announced I had cancer recently and I was…
The View from Europe: It is time for a new CARICOM policy on marijuana
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now At the end of July, 11 individuals received jail sentences in Havana of between 15 to 30 years for attempting to traffic narcotics into Cuba from Jamaica. The convictions followed a number of…