COMMENTARY: NAVIGATING THE UWI GALAXY: RETURN OF THE JEDI, SIR HILARY BECKLES

By: Anthony Gafoor May 11, 2021 Despite pervasive comments of covert, threatening actions from a traitorous Darth Vader, on Friday, April 30, 2021, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West…

COMMENTARY: Opinions from Trinidad on the removal of SORT police head Mark Hernandez

By Eve George May 7, 2021 On January 29, 2021 a young woman and Judicial clerk Andrea Bharatt 23 disappeared after taking a cab to home. On February 4 at…

COMMENTARY: A storm brewing over Haiti at the OAS

By Sir Ronald Sanders May 7, 2021 Strong disagreement may be brewing at the Organization of American States (OAS) on how to respond to the ongoing, grave political and constitutional…

COMMENTARY: It is time for a new US-CARICOM partnership

By: David JessopMay 4, 2021 Perhaps the most important aspect of the short statement issued in Washington after a first two-hour meeting last week between the new US Secretary of…

COMMENTARY: Biden Evades Responsibility and Avoids Solutions to Raging Border Crisis, Charges FAIR

May 4, 2021 The following statements were issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to President Biden’s first address to a joint…

COMMENTARY: Small states might benefit from the rivalry of large states for 21st century dominance

By Sir Ronald Sanders April 30, 2021 US President Joseph Biden’s address to a Joint Session of the US Congress on April 28 was strikingly different from the speeches of…

COMMENTARY: THE UWI UNDER SIR HILARY: A PHOENIX SOARING FROM THE VOLCANIC ASH

By: Anthony Gafoor April 27, 2021 In the last few months, the UWI Chancellor’s Governance Report erupted across the region with a fury, not unlike the violent explosions of La…

COMMENTARY: Less outrage at US caution on travel – more action to open economies

By Sir Ronald Sanders April 23, 2021 In Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados there is outrage in some quarters that the US Embassy, accredited to these countries, has listed them…

COMMENTARY: Small countries need an IMF that is a lender of conscience

By Sir Ronald Sanders April 16, 2021 As undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in…

COMMENTARY: Proposed global minimum tax rate would be crippling

By Sir Ronald Sanders April 9, 2021 Officials of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – the rich countries’ club – are no doubt delighted at the proposition…

COMMENTARY: Rivalry In The Guyana Suriname Basin – The Holy Grail Of Oil And Gas

By: Anthony T Bryan April 2, 2021 From Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), it is about one hour flying time south to Georgetown the capital of the Republic of Guyana and…

COMMENTARY: Collective CARICOM voice for recovery at IMF-World Bank meetings

By Sir Ronald Sanders  April 2, 2021 The response by policy makers of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to the depth of COVID-19’s effects on Caribbean economies needs to be…