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CARICOM and correspondent banking
By Martin Henry From Jamaica Gleaner After a 39-year withdrawal, we could well see a return of Barclays Bank to Jamaica’s shores in short order. Barclay’s pulled out in 1977, selling its operations to the brand new ‘indigenous’ National Commercial…
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On the LGBT issue in the Caribbean: Why Jean H. Charles is wrong
By Dr Lazarus Castang From caribbean News Now I read with intrigue Jean Hervé Charles’ account of his journey of acceptance and tolerance of homosexuality into his social outlook and perspective, entitled “My take on the LGBT issue”. I want…
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Violence begets violence
MY LIFE IN KEY WEST From KEW WEST LOU Dallas last night. St. Anthony and Baton Rouge a few days earlier. Multiple black killings by police officers the past several years. You know the facts. I want to share a…
Britain’s divorce a sign of sovereign insecurity
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life It’s interesting to see how one of Europe’s architects of colonization recently trod a similar path some of their colonized possessions maneuvered when in the last century they voted to be independent. In…
Peter Binose: Trailing the cocaine route through Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Remember how I once wrote about our Argyle airport being built to service the cocaine trade. http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/headline-Letter%3A-Is-cocaine-the-real-reason-for-St-Vincent’s-Argyle-International-Airport%3F-29124.html On Sunday the 8th on November 2015 a Cessna Citation 500 took off from one of the government-operated terminals at Simón Bolívar International…
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Sanders: Brexit: No one won
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 1, 2016 – The result of the British referendum to leave the European Union (EU) has already left a trail of culprits, victims and intended and unintended consequences. Its primary…
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Peter Binose: Sorry Eustace you cannot have the PetroCaribe or PDV S.A. accounts because you have not sworn allegiance to the Chavez revolution
By Peter Binose PetroCaribe is part of PDV Caribe which is wholly owned by Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. PDV S.A. Most of us thought it was the other way around. PDV SVG Ltd is a 55% owned subsidiary of PDV…
David Jessop | The UK bids Europe farewell – expect negative outcomes for Caribbean trade, influence, and foreign policy
By David Jessop From Jamaica Gleaner On June 23, by a small majority, the British people voted to remove themselves from the European Union. The decision has consequences for the Caribbean. After a vitriolic campaign and the tragic murder of…
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Brexit is good for freedom, growth, and Britain
By Larry Kudlow From Newsmax The original Magna Carta was a charter agreed to by King John of England in 1215. It just celebrated its 801st anniversary. So no, I wasn’t there. But that charter has become part of an important,…
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After British Stay-or-Leave EU vote Thursday, legal chiefs ask: What next?
By E. Leigh Dance, from Corporate Counsel June 24 Addendum: Now that the world’s fifth largest (according to BBC’s newscast last night) economy has voted to leave the EU, my article posted June 23 has new significance. The overall message below…
