Coping with an unhappy new year
From Trinidad and Tobago NewsDay With the high debt levels and a number of countries running deficits, it is expect-ed that fiscal consolidation will continue. While in theory that may sound appropriate, the Minister of Finance and the new Governor…
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Caricom and West Indies cricket
By Steve Brown From Jamaica Observer I have always held the view that the head of Caricom and the captain of the West Indies cricket team have the two most important jobs in the region, mainly because both positions are…
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2015 – A year of loss and grief
By Neals J. Chitan From Caribbean News Now My year started with a request from nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines residing in Toronto to respond to the trauma and grief in their homeland, caused by the January bus…
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Syria: Where have all the birds gone?
By Peter Polack A frequent interval to the gunfire explosions in the many Syrian war videos available on the internet is the occasional silence and interruption of a swooning flight of birds. Houses, streets, towns and cities have been irretrievably…
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Bajan at Hart of climate talks
By TONY BEST, From Barbados Nation News Immediately after the global climate change pact became a done deal in Paris, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon turned to his trusted top climate change adviser and asked: “what about 1.5.”? Selwin Hart,…
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How much oil is needed to power Santa’s sleigh?
By Michael McDonald From Oilprice.com Every year around the world, hundreds of millions of children wait anxiously for Santa Claus to arrive and bring presents and good cheer. But what if Santa never came? What if this year the reindeer…
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Analyst says Petro Caribe helped Caribbean economies survive eight years of crisis
By Ken Richards From WINN St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Caribbean countries are being warned about the possibility of having to look to alternative sources of oil, after the recently elected Opposition coalition in Venezuela announced it will review agreements…
ICC should fix Windies club vs country row: Michael Clarke
AFP from The Times of India Clarke said international cricket must remain the priority for players over participation in T20 tournaments. But Clarke accepts Tests will only remain the pinnacle of the game if authorities find a balance. Anticipated easy…
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FIFA to make play for reform, but can it score?
By Rebekah Mintzer, from Corporate Counsel FIFA, the global governing body for soccer, seems to be stuck in a downward spiral of compliance and ethics disasters. In May, the U.S. Department of Justice had more than a dozen high level…
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Bahamas becoming sports host paradise
By Fred Sturrup, Sports Scope – From Grand Bahamas The Freeport News No other country in the Caribbean region is at the level of The Bahamas when it comes to hosting mega sports events. Once in bygone decades, Jamaica was…
