A Call to Action
Last weekend’s article on how well the 2023 budget laid a foundation for the transformation agenda concluded there should have been more focus on rebuilding...
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Analysis of the 2023 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures – The budget – Part III
The first article in the three part series looked at the macro-economic fundamentals of the budget and whether it sought to protect poor and vulnerable...
Analysis of the 2023 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures – The Budget: A political economy perspective – Part II
Last week’s article looked at the 2023 budget in the context of the challenging global economic conditions, rising interest rates, slowed growth and high inflation...
Analysis of the 2023 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures – The Budget – Part One
The current global economic environment characterised by rising energy and food prices, persistent supply chain bottlenecks, and increasing recessionary pressures the result of a slowdown...
A response to Country Man – Transition politics
One of the main objectives of an opinion piece in a newspaper is to address current events and issues, formulate and share points of views...
The transition, transformation agenda and government’s town hall
In a speech to members of the diaspora and beyond in the United States by the late great revolutionary leader and Prime Minister, Comrade Maurice...
The transition and transformational agenda: The need for a performance infrastructure
This article will continue to focus on how to create a transformational agenda using a sectoral approach. In the October 15th article entitled, The Transition...
The transition and transformational agenda
In last week’s article, “A Closer Look at the Transition, Three Months after the Elections”, it was said that the most difficult part of transformation...
A closer look at the transition three months after the elections – Part III
The one hundred days achievements have been outlined by the new government and although the defeated regime is contesting some of the achievements it is...
A closer look at the transition three months after the elections – Part II
The July 8th article entitled, Mr. PM Please Get the Transition Right mentioned the need to focus on ‘low hanging fruits ‘ after coming up...
A closer look at the transition three months after the elections
Three months have passed since the government was voted into office on a promise to pursue a transformational agenda. A transition team was given the...
Is the new government being set up for failure? – Part IV
The ninety days period for the transition is fast approaching and to-date many persons have raised concerns with the transition and decisions of the team...
Is the New Government being set up for failure? – Part III
According to calypsonian Black Wizard, when the carnival is over there are still matters of national importance to address and the transition process of the...
Is the new government being set up for failure? – Part II
Having pointed out the need to consider the lessons of the past and how it led to failure of the last NDC government, this article...
Is the new government being set up for failure?
In a previous article published in the July 8th edition of THE NEW TODAY, it was said the transition process between an outgoing and incoming...
NDC do not go to sleep on him for it will be to your own peril
After listening to the acceptance speech of the Leader of the Opposition, I reflected on these words by A.W Singham in his book, The Hero...
Mr. PM, please get the transition process right
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell and his team must get the transition process right if his government is to succeed. The transition process between an outgoing...
NDC needs to end strong
The campaign of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has gathered significant momentum in the last couple weeks and if the party is able to navigate...
Dickon needs to make the case to the poor and vulnerable
In much the same way the brilliant young political leader made the case to police officers in Progress Park he must do the same to...
NDC needs to focus on canvassing for the next three weeks and get the numbers right
The campaign of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has gained significant momentum over the last two weeks. On the other hand, the ruling New National...