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…
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Vanuatu and Tuvalu – inadequate response to human suffering
By Sir Ronald Sanders From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday March 19, 2015 – People on the East Coast of the United States of America (US) and the Caribbean should consider how best they might lend a helping hand to the…
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Cuba: A Cuban model for a resilient Caribbean
From Repeating Islands UN Development Program reports on Cuba’s successful Risk Reduction Management Centers and how the country has worked with countries and territories such as the British Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to…
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The Editor speaks: Banking corruption – will it ever end?
*Look at these recent headlines: “Treasury gains £1.1bn windfall from record fines on banks” “Banks fines record £2.bn over foreign exchange rigging “Bankers think they have to behave badly.” “Bank of England’s chief currency trader dismissed amid forex-rigging scandal” “World…
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Implementing China’s new Caribbean policy
By David Jessop News Americas, LONDON, England: A few weeks ago, Dong Xiaojun, the Chinese Ambassador in Jamaica, wrote a commentary on the recent meetings held in Beijing between China and the Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American…
The Editor Speaks: Taking a break
IMAGE: mikemesserli.blogspot.com I shall be taking a small break over the next few weeks due to health reasons so this space will taken up by guest columnists who write a lot better than myself so you are in for a…
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Victory for education in the Caribbean
By Sophie Richmond New Internationalist blog Most famous as a holiday destination, the Dominican Republic is on the face of it a country doing very well – its economy is growing, and it has emerged relatively unscathed from the global…
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‘We in the Caribbean are living climate change’
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean Life News MOCHO, Jamaica, Dec 10, 2013 (IPS) – The Mocho Mountains that run through the centre of Jamaica were once covered by lush tropical forests that helped control rainfall. Now, much of the forests…
