By: Sir Ronald Sanders January 24, 2023 Many countries in South America are now in a state of troubling unease. Recent events in Peru have catapulted it to the forefront of…
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COMMENTARY: Biography of Grenada’s musical bands. PT2
By: Helen Grenade January 20, 2023 Read PT 1 CALYPSO AND THE FIRST CALYPSONIANS; Some of the first distinctively Grenadian Calypsonians, Singers and Songwriters was legends such as Papitette, Melody,…
COMMENTARY: VAT and the Digital Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: Alfredo Collosa January 17, 2023 Alfredo Collosa reviews the current status of value-added taxes and the digital economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, and looks at potential compliance…
COMMENTARY: Biography of Grenada’s musical bands PT 1
By: Helen Grenade January 17, 2023 BIOGRAPHY OF GRENADA’S MUSICAL BANDS, MUSICIANS, SINGERS, ARRANGERS, PROMINENT MUSICAL ARTISTS AND CABARET PERSONALITY AND OTHER BORN PERFORMERS. Grenada is an Island country in…
COMMENTARY: Abolition of works permits: an example for regional integration
By: Sir Ronald Sanders January 13, 2023 It has been interesting to read the responses in Editorials and Opinions in some regional media, concerning the decision by the two main…
COMMENTARY: Haitian Excellence: A Black Female Trailblazer
By: Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. January 10, 2023 Recently, Harvard University appointed Dr. Claudine Gay as its 30th president. My first reaction was excitement; then after a bit of research, I…
COMMENTARY: The fallacy of “President” Juan Guaidó is over
By: Sir Ronald Sanders January 6, 2023 The pretender, Juan Guaidó, is now finally gone. The myth that he was the President of Venezuela and had the capacity to act and…
COMMENTARY: Travel within the Caribbean in crisis
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 16, 2022 The closure of LIAT in 2020, without establishing air transport to fill the vacuum, has led to chaos in regional transportation, gravely affecting…
COMMENTARY: Protecting school children and ending gang violence: no time to waste
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 9, 2022 Gang violence, particularly in schools, and directed at school children, is fast becoming a grave concern throughout the Caribbean. Recent reports of school…
COMMENTARY: ESG and Credit Ratings
By: Wayne Dass December 6, 2022 There is growing expert consensus that the physical effects of climate change are contributing to more frequent and extreme weather events, including floods and…
COMMENTARY: MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 2022
By Senator Floyd Morris, PhD December 6, 2022 Every year, on December 3, the world recognizes International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The observation comes within the context of persons…
COMMENTARY: Higher cost of living demands competent governments
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 2, 2022 Throughout the world, people and their governments and Central Banks are worrying about inflation, or the rate of increase in the cost of…