A more than 150 year border dispute threatens this Caricom nation
By NAN Contributor From News Americas Now News Americas, BELMOPAN, Belize, Thurs. April 28, 2018: A border dispute that dates back more than 150 years is threatening to erupt in Central America where the soldiers of one CARICOM nation are…
CARICOM concern about Caribbean countries involvement in The Panama Papers
From CTV3 Belize The ‘Panama Papers’ leaked over 11.5 million documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian Law Firm that has about forty offices across the globe. The documents show how the law firm has assisted many companies in hiding money…
GET REAL: Genius strike by Sammy
By ADRIAN GREEN From Nation News Barbados West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy did not speak very loudly with his bat in the recently concluded tournament. But he played a master shot during the interview that followed the finals. It was…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Rodney’s death and old Guyanese politics
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News THIS COMING Friday will mark two months since the submission to the Guyana Government of an officially requested report by a three-member Commission of inquiry into the ghastly bombing death of the internationally famous…
Caribbean countries seeking OAS support in fight against correspondent banking
From PRIDE WASHINGTON, DC Mar. 30, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, today, urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to lend support to their claims that the end of correspondent banking will seriously undermine the socio-economic development of the…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Not the time for surprises
By Ricky Singh From Barbados Nationnews So Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has found it necessary to quickly suspend the proposed “biometric exit” system that his administration had surprisingly announced for implementation from April l. Incidentally, this development was not intended to…
Immigration and trade in politics – Part Two
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now In the first part of this commentary on immigration and trade in politics, the focus was on the present primaries of the US presidential election. Both issues have been hotly debated, particularly…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Word game vs realities
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News WHILE FEARS of the right-wing billionaire Donald Trump emerging as new President of the USA at the forthcoming elections in November continue to spread at home and abroad, growing uneasiness is the name…
Immigration and trade in politics – Part One
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Trade has become an issue in the political party primaries of the US presidential elections that holds lessons for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I note first that, as far…
Exploring the decriminalization of marijuana – Part 3
By Robertson S. Henry and Andre de Caires From Caribbean news Now Because of the decline of the banana industry that used to employ thousands of persons directly and indirectly, the job market has declined significantly, leaving many unemployed. Many…