Governments must act urgently to end embarrassing UWI spectacle
No individuals are greater or more valuable than Institutions. The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is the longest thriving and most successful institution...
Commentary
The two “arrogant and deceptive” officials in Health
Will complaisant protocols and official imprudence result in a second wave of coronavirus infections on the island? One doesn’t have to go far for the...
No compensation for the former Secretary to Cabinet – Part II
As the commentary on the lack of compensation for the former Secretary to Cabinet, Mrs. Gemma Bain-Thomas continues, it is necessary to iterate that the...
Spotlight on H.E. Oleg Firer & the International Association for Economic Development
Grenada’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation, H.E. Oleg Firer, seems to have had a very busy two years, 2020-2021. Among other things, he was busy...
Playing cunning political games with Covid-19
The dramatic increase in coronavirus infections, fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant, in major source market countries for tourism here in Grenada could lead...
Deeper integration of CARICOM countries cannot wait
The destruction by tornadoes of Kentucky, a south-eastern State of the United States of America (US), on December 12, has lessons for the countries of...
No compensation for the former Secretary to Cabinet
After giving thirty (30) years to the Public Service of Grenada, and for almost a decade of being embroiled with the administration and in the...
Reform the OAS or oversee its irrelevance
Our world exists today in troubled circumstances, governed by outmoded charters and laws that are no longer fit for purpose and do not respond to...
The noise in the market is not the sale of fish
The political landscape in Grenada is comprised of the two main political parties which both have solid political bases that have been loyal to them...
Democracy Summit missed an essential ingredient
US President Joe Biden declared at the opening of a “Summit on Democracy”, which he convened on December 9, that “democracy needs champions”. He is...
The political economy of national budgeting and party politics
The Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the budget, was presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance just over two weeks ago. The budget will...
Analysis of the 2022 Budget – Part 2
It is in the context of the negative social impact of the Pandemic and the slow rate of economic recovery that this article, Part 2,...
Wake up and smell the Chow Mein
A television interviewer asked me if I thought Caribbean countries, and other developing territories, would benefit from the ‘war for influence’ that the European Union...
“Blah blah blah”
In 1994, the first Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held in Barbados, and the commitment to sustainable development...
Omicron Variant: Is Grenada preparing for when this new variant reaches our shores?
The recently identified variant of concern Omicron has caused virologists, epidemiologists, and public health officials around the world to scramble into action to protect their...
Analysis of the 2022 National Budget
The National Budget for 2022 would contribute to economic growth mainly through the provisions for increased expenditure. Rightfully so, as during a recession, the objective...
Barbados’ Republican status is not a yen for pieces of silver
Among the most nonsensical statements uttered by a British Parliamentarian and repeated in the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, is that Barbados will become a...
Grenada at COP 26
Senator Simon Stiell, the Minister for Climate Resilience headed the Grenada delegation at COP-26 in Glasgow recently. The Senator appeared on the Bubb Report on...
Do not throw caution to the wind for Covid-19 is not done with us yet
The emerging cluster spread of Covid-19 caused by crew members of a ship that normally ply the Grenada to Carriacou route but came from Dry...
World Bank recommendations not enough for Caribbean countries to prepare for new Climate shocks
A new analysis by the World Bank provides a troubling analysis of the new shocks that Caribbean countries can expect from the worsening effects of...