I don’t have a particular focus this weekend, but just want to share a few short notes with you. The first is president Joe Biden said that the US government…
Category: EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: The US is dumping their AstraZeneca vaccines.
I guess the world has heard now. The US is dumping their stockpile of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines on the rest of the world. The same AZ vaccine that has shown to…
EDITORIAL: Citizenship by Investment is under reputational assault in the region.
Two major stories are developing involving the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme, the first is in Grenada where the consul general/ambassador for Grenada in Miami, Warren Newfield, resigned his post…
EDITORIAL: The Chinese are at it again, another virus!
In case you did not hear about it already, China has uncovered another deadly virus that can affect humans. This time it’s the H10N3. A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern…
EDITORIAL: Developing the cultural space is needed more than ever.
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…
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.…