Jun 30, 2020 | Editorials
By Luis C.deBaca Each June, the United States releases the annual Trafficking in Persons Report (“TIP Report”), setting forth each country’s response to forced labor and sex trafficking. Mandated by the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000...
Jun 29, 2020 | Editorials
By Marlene Attzs Caribbean island states are characterised by limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, vulnerability to external shocks, excessive dependence on international trade, and fragile natural environments. For many of us, a new...
Jun 27, 2020 | Editorials
It is one that will long lurk in our worst nightmares. We’re talking about this past week. It began with a surfeit of happy-talk and feel-good nonsense capped by the Minister of Health, the Honourable Molwyn Joseph, declaring victory, and saying that “We are...
Jun 26, 2020 | Editorials
By Brian E Plummer Most countries have had to adjust to US dominance of global affairs. The Caribbean’s relationship with the US is complex, but enduring, as a result of the 1821 Monroe Doctrine that designated the region under US sphere of influence. During the...
Jun 25, 2020 | Editorials
With anxious eyes, we are increasingly casting our eyes upwards, scanning the horizon for some sign that the good Lord will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on our thirsty land. Alas! The encouraging signs are not there. Worse, the folks at the...
