By: Sir Ronald Sanders April 21, 2023 (Originally published on March 24, 2023) “The world is facing a crisis of development.” Those are the first words of a paper from…
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COMMENTARY: CARICOM at the Crossroads: Rising to the Challenge of a New Era
By: Dr Carla Barnett April 18, 2023 This year marks significant anniversaries for both the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and The University of the West Indies (UWI). As we celebrate the…
COMMENTARY: Commonwealth Finance Ministers Working Group: SECRETARY-GENERAL’S OPENING REMARKS
By: Baroness Patricia Scotland April 18, 2023 It is my pleasure to welcome you to the first meeting of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Working Group. This vital group emerged from…
COMMENTARY: Will Guyana Become an Elite Top-Five Global Oil Producer by 2025 ?
By: Rebecca Theodore April 14, 2023 As the world transitions to a low-carbon economy, international energy companies are investing heavily in fossil fuel exploration and production in Guyana. Reinforced by…
COMMENTARY: Guyana, and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 Agenda: The Way Forward
By: Rebecca Theodore April 14, 2023 Energy is critical to achieving almost all of the Sustainable Development Goals. From its role in economic progress and poverty mitigation, access to energy is an…
COMMENTARY: Vacancy: Leadership to unite the global South
By: Sir Ronald Sanders April 14, 2023 I was astonished recently to be told by one of the representatives of the Caribbean on the Board of the World Bank (WB)…
COMMENTARY: Mature response from Guyana at ICJ victory over Venezuela
By: Sir Ronald Sanders April 11, 2023 Guyana has won a second judgement in an ongoing case against Venezuela, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, “to…
Commentary: Why the continued deafening silence with regards to the financing of this new Balisier House.
By: Capil Bissoon April 4, 2023 Why the continued deafening silence on the many unanswered questions with regards to the financing of this new PNM Balisier House. It is not…
COMMENTARY: UN climate justice success should encourage small states to act together
By: Sir Ronald Sanders March 31, 2023 Efforts by small states to seek justice for damage and existential threats to their countries, caused by the world’s major environmental polluters, moved…
COMMENTARY: PNM not pursuing meaningful civil litigation
By: Capil Bissoon March 31, 2023 The PNM would want you to believe that in the 43 years they have been in Govt since Independence in 1962, they have been…
COMMENTARY: Kangaloo and Annisette-George have destroyed Trinidadian Parliamentary democracy
By: Capil Bissoon March 28, 2023 Both Kangaloo and Annisette-George have literally destroyed our Parliamentary democracy under the guise of political neutrality, behaving as though Parliament is an extension of…
COMMENTARY: Development crisis threatens Small States
By: Sir Ronald Sanders March 24, 2023 “The world is facing a crisis of development.” Those are the first words of a paper from officials of the World Bank Group…