The Editor Speaks: Suspended and/or on leave with full pay forever?
This is not the first editorial I have written concerning the number of government employees who draw salaries for years whilst doing absolutely nothing. Some are suspended whilst inquires are being conducted, some by the police because of criminal allegations,…
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A lesser breed of justice, Chancellor Seaga?
By A.J. Nicholson, Contributor From The Jamaica Gleaner Over the years, certain individuals within Jamaica and the wider Caribbean have asserted the need for these former British colonies to cling to the apron strings of the Mother Country by remaining…
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Lotteries and public policy in United States and Commonwealth Caribbean Law: scrutinizing the success of lotteries as a voluntary and ‘painless’ tax
By Stephen J. Leacock Barry University – Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2013 Abstract: This article explores the remarkable success of lotteries as a voluntary and “painless” tax in…
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Canadian banks in the Caribbean atrocious behaviour
By Jeffrey Butler – Freeport, Bahamas From Barbados Underground At the expense of we the Caribbean people, their clients, and small businesses throughout the region, CIBC, Canada’s fifth largest banking institution, is using deplorable tactics to reduce losses and/or build…
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2015 Begins with urgency to save the Caribbean from climate change
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News If ever there was a time and an issue for the countries of the Caribbean to speak with one voice and at a high level, both the time and the issue have arrived….
Why plunging oil prices should worry Caribbean governments
By David Jessop From Antillean Media Group Effects on the Venezuelan economy, and its ability to sustain the PetroCaribe agreement with Caribbean countries, is now a major economic worry On the face of it, the collapse in global oil prices…
Too many hurdles for tourism in Trinidad
By Joseph Rodrigues From Trinidad Express It has been almost 30 years since I left Trinidad and even while living in Trinidad and growing up (I left at 26 years old), there was always talk of a tourism push but…
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The Editor Speaks: I must be plain daft!
Virgin Islands Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty in our article today “V.I. tourism community looks to opening of Cuba”: “….. the maxim ‘a rising tide raises all boats’ should hold true. This news puts the spotlight on the Caribbean region as a…
Should the Caribbean now insist for changes to Cuban civil society?
By Michael Edghill, Political Correspondent From AMG The depth of bilateral relations between the US and Cuba will only go so far if the Cuban government does not push for a more free, civil society Since January of 1961, the…
The Editor Speaks: When people can’t be helped
“You can’t help people who can’t help themselves” is a popular saying. And it is to a certain extent true. If statistics are proof then the saying is true. Cayman Islands Finance Minister, Marco Archer, gave us some statistics last…
