The talent, skills and heart of the Caribbean people is evident. It’s like the month of June is blossoming with talent and ideas and people of all walks of the…
Category: EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: Caribbean people are using the internet wholesomely.
I’m pleased as punch to see my Caribbean and Central American brothers and sisters using the internet and this COVID-19 downtime productively and wholesomely. I have come across literary conferences,…
EDITORIAL: Woe is businesses in the region!
God help all of the businesses in the Caribbean and Central American region. We have been reliant on tourism and foreign exchange for most of our existence if not all…
EDITORIAL: The COVID vaccine disparity is showing!
Up to this time, the UK has reopened their economy. People are now going to pubs and indoor restaurants. The US is slowly vaccinating millions of people and some states…
EDITORIAL: Should people be forced to take the COVID-19 vaccine?
I was wondering if the authorities of this world are bold enough to force people to take the various forms of COVID-19 vaccines? I think they are well on the…
EDITORIAL: The US is vaccinating at a rapid pace, we must be ready for the onslaught of tourists.
The end of 2021 may break records in travel and tourism as Americans begin to travel to the Caribbean in record numbers. The COVID-19 vaccinations are happening at a record…
EDITORIAL: The region is in deeper debt- we need debt forgiveness, not reparations.
The latest ECLAC report states that the region is in deep debt, so deep that some countries are over 100 percent in debt. That COVID-19 money from the regional lending…
EDITORIAL: Let’s at least try to have a good summer.
Remember when they said at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak that the virus can’t stand heat? Remember that? The world health officials have not changed their position on that.…
EDITORIAL: Is the region prepared for the digital transformation taking place?
We had a minute to sit back and think about what has taken place over the last two years with this COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of things we felt could…
EDITORIAL: Keep on pressing towards this “herd immunity”- Whatever that is?!?!
We just want to encourage everyone at the start of this week to keep on pressing. During the middle of what looks like a third wave in the Caribbean, starting…
EDITORIAL: Are you interested in taking the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine?
I don’t think I’m up for taking the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine now. There is just still too much controversy surrounding the efficacy of the vaccine. Sure, reports state that it only…
EDITORIAL: Caribbean folks can’t celebrate Chauvin’s conviction!
Today we had the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a black man, George Floyd, by putting his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than…