Derisking threatens Caribbean banking sector and trade
By Allan Wright From The Huffington Post Allan Wright is country economist for The Bahamas at the Inter-American Development Bank, and an associate researcher for the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance. He formerly was a senior economist for the…
Economic incentives vital for development of the Guiana Shield
By Dr Odeen Ishmael From Caribbean News Now The fourth international congress on the biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, sponsored by the International Biodiversity Society of the Guiana Shield (IBG) in conjunction with the Guyana government, was held during August 8-12…
Peter Binose: Time to kill Douglas De Freitas and Nice Radio off for good
By Peter Binose For years now they have tried their hardest to destroy Douglas De Freitas and Nice Radio. They have regarded him as a political thorn in their side for years. They have despised his free speech and exposé’s…
The View from Europe: Rebalancing the Chinese economic relationship
BY: DAVID JESSOP From Barbados Advocate Last month the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published a paper ‘Chinese rise in the Caribbean – What does it mean for Caribbean Stakeholders?’ Although, in its conclusions, it said little more than a number…
The Editor speaks: An Irish cop with impressive pedigree
We now have a new police commissioner, Derek Patrick Byrne from Ireland. One of our lead stories today from the Irish Independent describes his leaving his previous post as Assistant Commissioner at the gardaí, as a “major blow”. Byrne had…
Peter Binose: Deputy Dawg
By Peter Binose Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has no Constitutional provision for a Deputy Prime Minister or even an Acting Prime Minister. The Constitution is quite clear on that. There is not a provision for Deputy Prime Minister or…
Peter Binose: Time to stop Visitors from Venezuela from entering the Caribbean without a treatment certificate
By Peter Binose In 2001 Venezuela was so affected by dengue that it trickled down through the Caribbean and the Americas which reached a crescendo by 2014. Almost every citizen throughout the Caribbean suffered from the disease it proved unstoppable. Dengue…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Where has fight in developing countries gone?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone; it is also the fault of developing countries that let them….
Sir Ronald Sanders: IMF double standards
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Barbados Today The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has tormented small Caribbean economies for five decades with austerity measures and fierce conditionalities, has been exposed as adopting utterly different standards towards Europe, especially the countries…
Peter Binose: Should we be dealing with the United Arab Emirates?
By Peter Binose I read the heading ‘UAE delegation to visit SVG’ then I looked at what the press has to say about them. The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al…