Time for change in NDC
The last two years have seen a host of political and policy blunders by government that has caused the population tremendous pain and suffering. The...
Commentary
Roots of Latin American and Caribbean underdevelopment planted by ‘lost’ Columbus
Every year at the Organisation of American States (OAS), Spain, as an Observer state, has placed on the Organisation’s agenda a celebration of Christopher Columbus’...
Why Ethics Committees?
Few weeks ago, the Minister of Health, Grenada, Mr. Nickolas Steele angered many when he said that government was about to put an Ethics Committee...
Hot Hot Hot
Our planet is getting warmer because people continue to burn fossil fuels which in turn adds heat trapping gases to the atmosphere. These are what...
Godless government and a giggling God
Psalm 2: 1 -4 Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples contemplate a vain thing? The kings of the earth...
Covid has laid bare the weakness in leadership
In times of national crisis great leaders demonstrate an immense ability to plan, inspire and empathise with the suffering of his or her countrymen and...
No such thing as ‘turns’ for Commonwealth Secretary-General
The announcement by the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta that his government has nominated the country’s Energy minister, Monica Juma, for the post of Commonwealth...
Haitians: fear at home, no hope abroad
The abrupt resignation of the US Special Envoy to Haiti, Daniel Foote, came like a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky. It was...
The large number of deaths in such a short space of time
The alarming number of deaths due to Covid is an indication of serious policy and systemic failures in government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Regional...
COVID-19 is a national crisis requiring a national response
As the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths increase, we are all impacted and are hurting. On behalf of the membership of the NDC, and...
How many more have to die before vaccine mandates are considered
The health situation in Grenada is getting worst by the day with no end in sight as the number of infections, hospitalisations and deaths continue...
On the heels of COVID, Climate Change swings a wrecking ball
The public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has rightly focused the attention and resources of governments around the world on suppressing and...
Reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. Margaret J. Wheatley The Covid-19 pandemic is...
This is the time for tough decisions to save lives and livelihoods
Grenada is on a downward spiral to a cataclysmic health crisis the likes of which we have never seen nor experienced. In this situation, one...
Grenada: A sad failed state
It is extremely disheartening to see and hear the sad stories in Grenada today. Yes, Minister Steele, persons are dying from Covid-19 and it is...
Venezuela talks – mountain went forth and produced a mouse
It was predictable that, in an attempt to show that they are capable of collaboration, the rival political groups in Venezuela would pick their spurious...
A National Disaster but where is NaDMA?
What is the meaning of NaDMA? National Disaster Management Agency. According to Dr. Shawn Charles recently, “we now have a national disaster”. Is NaDMA only...
The Covid-19 support mechanism
COVID will continue to spread as there is no support for many families and individuals who have to self-isolate in this period as this is...
NDC Perspective: A committee to determine who lives and who dies?
The right to life is an inalienable right, enshrined in the Constitution of Grenada. This inalienable right is enjoyed by everyone in Grenada, no matter...
Sense, science and nonsense
I grew up hearing the elders repeating the phrase, “common sense was made before book sense”. This statement is certainly true, so when I hear...