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Fixed or floating exchange rates: which serves the Caribbean
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News Is the fixed currency exchange rate between the US and some Caribbean countries affecting the latter’s international competitiveness? This is a question that deserves review as Caribbean countries struggle with difficult economic conditions…
The Editor Speaks: MAY you open your hearts to children …. and fill me with music
MAY is Child Month here in the Cayman Islands and the government theme this year is “Open your heart to children”. The Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands have also designated May to children, Their theme is “I…
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The Editor Speaks: Is it ‘normal’ for women to be insulted by government ministers?
In the Caribbean perhaps so…? Following the “gross mistreatment of a professional colleague, characterized by undertones of prejudice in regard to gender, race and nationality” – Cayman Compass Editorial Board December 19 2014 – we now have another. This time…
Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Manny’s camp cry foul after Floyd wins unanimous decision/UPDATE: Royal baby NAMED: William and Kate present daughter to the world
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Kensington Palace has said. From BBC The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have introduced their daughter to the world, as they left hospital to take her…
The Editor Speaks: I am not psychic
In a recent Editorial I said I was about to commend our Leader of the Opposition McKeeva Bush because he had mostly acted as a leader and statesman. In fact I was most surprised and very pleased. He appeared to…
Magna Carta and Human Rights in the Cayman Islands
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Constitutional Affairs and Parliamentary Studies Unit, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies Open Campus (Cayman Islands) Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee Magna Carta and Human Rights in the Cayman Islands 25th…
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LatAm must look to private finance to fill yawning infrastructure gap
By Lucien Chauvin From Emerging Markets Huge. Massive. Vast. Pick any of these words and it would more than adequately describe the need for infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. But having failed to take advantage of the boom…
Lukewarm to the Commonwealth?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News The political parties contesting the May 7 general election in Britain have now published their manifestoes and my friend and colleague, Professor Philip Murphy, found in them a ‘decidedly lukewarm attitude’ to the…
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An evolving relationship between President Obama and Caribbean leaders
By Jacqueline Charles From Miami Herald Last month, as Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne welcomed his fellow Caribbean leaders to a two-day summit, he looked out into the audience and thanked Venezuela, China and Taiwan for their support. “The governments…
US and the Caribbean: brief summits not enough
By Sir Ronald Sanders From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday April 9, 2015 – US President Barack Obama and Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller have pronounced his visit to Jamaica and their bilateral discussions to be a success. What is certain…
