COMMENTARY: ‘Song for my Father: A West Indian Journey’ tells a different narrative of the Black father

By: S. Brian Samuel June 27, 2023 What if I told you that I had the worst father imaginable; that he abandoned his wife and three young sons, leaving them…

COMMENTARY: NiQuan project haunts the PNM

By: Capil Bissoon June 23, 2023 *NiQuan… a blighted PNM Project which Keith Rowley hails as a “triumph” continues to haunt the PNM!* That World Gas-to-Liquids project is another of…

COMMENTARY: Rowley needs message in LG Election!

By: Capil Bissoon June 20, 2023 On August 14, use your vote, even though it is a LG Election, to send Rowley and the PNM a very direct message… If…

COMMENTARY: Strengthening the US-Caribbean relationship: A work in progress

By: Sir Ronald Sanders June 16, 2023 The relationship between the United States of America (US) and the 14-member independent member states of CARICOM as well as the Dominican Republic…

COMMENTARY: Health  Inequality:  The  Existential  Threat  of  our  New Post  Covid  World

By: Rebecca Theodore June 13, 2023 While  the  sustainable development goal  10 of the United Nations  2030 agenda seeks to reduce inequality within and among countries; it is clear,  that  the  …

COMMENTARY: Caribbean’s role as a voice of reason in a fractured OAS

By Sir Ronald Sanders June 9, 2023 On May 31, the Organization of American States (OAS) faced a prolonged and contentious debate that lasted from 2:30 in the afternoon until…

COMMENTARY: Autonomous weapons – a real and urgent danger to people

By: Sir Ronald Sanders June 2, 2023 As if small states, with limited financial and human resources to safeguard their societies, do not confront enough grave challenges, along comes the…

COMMENTARY: Change is coming to Haiti

By: Jude Elie May 30, 2023 The need for a totally different approach in leadership and drastic change of paradigms is becoming more and more apparent every day in Haiti.…

COMMENTARY: Remembering My Friend Harry Belafonte

By: Dr Monty Alexander May 26, 2023 On April 25, 2023, the world bid farewell to Harry Belafonte, a true icon of music, cinema, and activism. I not only mourn…

COMMENTARY: Ecological Citizenship  and  the  United Nations  Sustainability  Development  Goals  Agenda

By: Rebecca Theodore May 23, 2023 Ecological citizenship encourages  individuals, communities  and  organizations as citizens  of the  world,  to  consider  environmental rights  and  responsibilities.  Ecological citizenship practices  on the other …

COMMENTARY: 1.5°C is upon us. Are we prepared?

By: Sir Ronald Sanders May 19, 2023 The report on May 17, from the World Meteorological Organization, (WMO) that global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the…

COMMENTARY: Decimation of vulnerable nations inevitable if global warming continues on present trend

By: Sir Ronald Sanders May 12, 2023 John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and current U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change matters, told the world’s Ambassadors at a meeting…