BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Rejecting the accusations of bullying and despotism that were levelled at Mia Mottley, the overwhelming majority of the electorate of Barbados returned her and her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to government for a second consecutive term at general elections held on January 19.

ST.  JOHN’S, Antigua – No individuals are greater or more valuable than Institutions.

UNITED NATIONS – When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley stood up in front of the United Nations General Assembly earlier this year, she was not in a mood to pull punches. In front of world leaders, she decried the “faceless few” who were pushing the world towards a climate catastrophe and imperiling the future of small-island states, like her own.

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.” - Psalm 46:1-2

KINGSTON, Jamaica – We have entered a new year, 2022, and coronavirus (COVID-19) with variants, Delta and Omicron, are still with us. COVID is influencing the regional and global agendas.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean, as we know it, results from the expansion of international trade. Christopher Columbus was seeking a new western route to trade with India and China when he encountered these islands opening the door to further exploration and occupation of the Americas.

Many of us in the Caribbean diaspora are increasingly aware of the hype around the ‘metaverse’. Large companies like Facebook and Hyundai are staking enormous amounts of resources on this virtual future. But what exactly is the metaverse?  

One of the most important reasons to vote Donald Trump out of the White House was to stop him from packing our federal courts with even more anti-voting-rights, anti-equality, pro-corporate judges.  

KINGSTON, Jamaica -In considering their status, the World Bank using their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, classifies five CARICOM countries as high income, eight as upper middle income, and one as a least developed country (LDC).

The endless procession of persons falling ill to this pandemic is mind numbing, and almost everyone knows someone personally, or has a relative who has succumbed to this plague of biblical proportions. “It’s as if this damn virus has come to wipe out mankind,” is what I hear people saying.

“One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.” Romans 14:5

KINGSTON, Jamaica – On September 10, 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated Jamaica with its Category 4 winds and rain causing more than US$350 million in damages and taking the lives of 14 people.