ST. JOHN’S, Antigua –  On August 1, 2023, I assumed the role of Campus Principal at The University of the West Indies Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda, determined to make real the Vice Chancellor’s call for UWI to be an activist university.

WASHINGTON, DC - If U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accepts the invitation to attend the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Kitts and Nevis from 25 to 27 February, his presence should be treated as consequential.

WASHINGTON, DC – When the door to migration narrows, the long-standing mismatch between education and economic absorption is no longer abstract; a country’s true immigration policy becomes domestic — how many jobs it can create, and how quickly it can match people to them.

WASHINGTON, DC – When Marco Rubio arrived in St. Kitts to address the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, he did so only hours after attending President Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington. The speech ended late. Before dawn, he was on his way to the Caribbean. That matters.

Relationships are like the four seasons, Spring, Summer Autumn, Winter. Men are April when they woo, courting, for they are fresh, with a spring in their step, full of lyrics, life and lies.

In Minnesota this winter, amid the steady stream of grim headlines out of Minneapolis, one story barely made it beyond Duluth’s city limits. The Duluth News Tribune and other regional outlets are inviting residents to dig into the city’s archives, retell old stories, and share plans for America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Town halls are discussing parades. Local museums are planning exhibits. Families are marking the milestone in small, thoughtful ways.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The last  12 months have been an education. Not in what we hoped, but in what we should have known. We watched the Trump administration assert “America First” with a bluntness that left no room for ambiguity.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 7 matters in Haiti—not because it promises relief, but because it marks the end of an illusion. On that date, the mandate of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council expires. From its inception, the Council was never embraced by the Haitian people. It was widely seen as a nine-headed contraption—unwieldy, inward-looking, and vulnerable to rivalry, corruption, and personal ambition. Haitians warned that it would fail. They were right.

WASHINGTON, DC – On January 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of State announced that, effective January 21, it would pause the issuance of all immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, including eleven in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), deemed to be at “high risk of public benefits usage.” 

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Professor Justin Robinson of UWI Five Isles has issued a courageous clarion call in his widely circulated article “No One is Coming to Save Us”. He is right – no one is coming to save us. When our Prophet Bob Marley warned us in Real Situation, to“..check out the real situation/nation war against nation.. well it seems like total destruction, the only solution/And there ain’t no use – nobody can stop them now”

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A year like 2025 rarely hands us a single turning point. It hands us a pattern.

Studies have consistently shown that women are more likely to file for divorce more than men. In fact, nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women. That’s according to a research study conducted by the American Sociological Association (ASA) which suggests that two thirds of all divorces are initiated by women. Among college educated women, that figure jumps to 90 percent.