He damn angry
I listened to the Honourable Prime Minister’s presentation in Parliament last week and couldn’t help but notice how angry he was in his delivery. I...
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Creative thinking and astute planning is required to defy the odds and prevent community spread
The results of two recently released models project a frightening situation with Covid-19 infections and deaths in the coming months. The Institute for Health Metric...
The Government must step up vigilance and enforcement to prevent resurgence of the coronavirus
It is well over fourteen days since the ‘carnival-like’ events in defiance of Government’s decision not to have carnival this year in light of COVID-19....
The leader must stop the paralysis and act now
Both Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas have confirmed exponential spread of the coronavirus within their population. Exponential spread is the highest category according to...
The Government is failing in its responsibility to govern during this Coronavirus Crisis
There is a popular saying, when your neighbour house is on fire wet yours. Recent spikes in coronavirus infections in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica,...
The buck stops with both of them
Recently I found myself between sleep and wake in a daze and thought I was in a dream with the main characters being Brer Anansi...
Is there a Sinister Plan behind the Coronavirus Control Bill?
There are many tools in the toolbox to deal with a pandemic caused by a respiratory virus. Wearing a mask, physical distancing, washing hands, testing,...
Time Will Run Out on Us Soon If We Do Not Change Course
The situation regarding three Trinidadians who recently tested positive for Covid 19 in their home country after living in Grenada for the last four months...
Squandering a golden opportunity and playing Russian roulette with lives
The Honourable Prime Minister was correct to announce during his last national address that the country’s airports will remain closed to commercial flights for the...
We should brace ourselves for dark winter of discontent
As we looked in horror over the last three months as coronavirus killed hundreds of thousands in China, Europe and America it appeared that the...
Health Authorities Must Listen
I am not sure that health authorities fully understand how cunning and complicated this virus is. As a result another perception that the virus is...
Poor work done by the OECS on Covid-19
It is not often that I offer my comments on documents produced by governments or even regional and international organisations for the simple reason that...
History is The Greatest Teacher
If history is considered the greatest teacher then Grenada and regional governments must learn from the region’s experience with the Spanish flu pandemic one hundred...
Do not squander the gains made in containment of Covid-19
As Grenada and other regional countries brace for further job losses and massive economic decline caused by the coronavirus pandemic there are growing calls to...
Concerns over G’da COVID-19 response
Do the Covid-19 Response Committee have a strategy to combat the coronavirus? That is the question I asked myself after listening to the press conference...
The COVID-19 stocktaking
Those who can’t learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. After the initial outbreak of the Spanish Flu in the Spring of 1918...
The aim is to flatten the COVID-19 curve
It is imperative for the authorities in Grenada to pay close attention to the UWI COVID 19 Task Force document on the deadly virus. This...