Get it or go home
The stark reality of the situation in Grenada is that more and more persons are faced with the most difficult choice between employment, that is,...
Commentary
Do your job, Khief
This article is about the Covid treatment that I will refer to as a vaccine, for the purpose of simplicity. I am constrained to write...
Time to tighten up
To tighten up is a move in the right direction, however much more needs to be done if we are to prevent being overrun by...
In praise of a black Caribbean woman
CARICOM should be proud of the success of a Caribbean woman who was at the center of the effort to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in...
Vaccine hesitancy, the messenger & trust
I have been avoiding the topic of vaccination for a while, other than to say – as I did in an earlier article – Mandatory...
Cuba could help US normalise relations
All may not be lost in the efforts to improve relations between the government of Cuba and the Biden Administration in the US, despite the...
You’re fired, CEO
One day before the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics its show director Kentaro Kobayashi has been fired! A clip of his 1998 act surfaced...
CARICOM: the only organisation commanding wide trust in Haiti’s crisis
Haiti was in a constitutional and political crisis before the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in the early hours of the morning of July...
Keeping an eye on the people’s business
The Grenada Land Actors Platform has provided an update on its legal matter, the first hearing having taken place on Thursday, June 24th, 2021. One...
The Caribbean should support ecocide as an international crime
Small island states and countries with low-lying coast are the victims of ecocide. A draft law, unveiled on June 22, defines ecocide as “unlawful or...
Joint endeavour or collective surrender: Resisting global tax
The proposal by the U.S. government to establish a global minimum corporate tax is not a remote matter from the lives of people in the...
Difficult choices for the Caribbean
London, England – Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating East-West struggle for global influence? Is the region likely to find itself...
Government finances and the economy – Part 2
Fiscal policy, as the main instrument of economic management is the business of all citizens. In Grenada, fiscal policy is implemented through the execution of...
Democracy too precious in CARICOM not to defend it abroad
More commonality was shown by CARICOM countries in a vote on Tuesday, June 15 at the Organisation of American States (OAS) than has been seen...
Cryptocurrencies, central banks, and the Caribbean
London, England – In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency...
Something in the mortar besides the pestle
Since the resignation of the now ex-Ambassador, Warren Newfield, everyone should know by now that Grenada is again being hauled before ICSID (International Court for...
The Patriotic Vine… Democracy: Form and spirit
We can all agree that a body of ideas described as values and principles, is needed to hold the state and the society in a...
Transparency and accountability in government finances
It is the sixth month of the 2021 fiscal year and the financing for the repurchase of the WRB shares in GRENLEC by the Government...
Oil, the environment and climate change
London, England — It is not often that well-resourced and politically powerful companies such as ExxonMobil and Shell suffer historic defeats. However, last month, in...
Sensible selections
Yes, Grenada, I see that we are back in the “silly season” once again. The time when agents of political parties knock on our doors...