by Ambassador Linda Taglialatela, U.S. Ambassador to Saint Lucia
“That poet you love, Derek Walcott, I just saw he teaches at Boston University, and I think you should apply,” Elizabeth Alexander’s mother...
Contributed Article by Irvin Springer: So last week I am walking by the Cathedral when a young guy vending on the wall looks in my direction and says "Fatman, you giving...
Opinion Article Courtesy Dr. Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
The world is in a state of unrest amidst a headlong collision of monumental crises,...
By Dr. Amanda King MBBS (UWI) FRCP
Our world is in crisis. The word “crisis” originates from the Greek “krisis”, a parting of the ways, a point of uncertainty before events move...
By Senator Kaygianna Toussaint Charlery - Operations Manager Goodwill Fishermen's Cooperative
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, we got the news that a Saint Lucian vessel, 'Let God Arise', which left the Island...
By Dr. Charles Greenidge
Whether you get vaccinated or not is a personal choice. Or is it? The pandemic is ongoing and has been for two years. We have seen more than...
by Earl Bousquet
August was definitely not august to those following the path of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s global destruction through the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Delta variant, or the widening vaccine-distribution gap...
By Earl Bousquet: July and August 2021 saw the Caribbean’s sunshine completely overshadowed by overcast COVID-19 clouds as the Delta Variant flew unhindered through the Americas, including the USA and Canada,...
by Dr. Charles Greenidge
In a situation where citizens are misbehaving it is desirable to attain control by not complaining, criticizing or being punitive, but to simply state what behavior is needed...
By Annan Boodram, The Caribbean Voice: A recent newspaper commentary once again raised the issue of why victims stay in abusive relationships. Even though the information is so easily available these...
by Joaquin Monserrate - Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
At the end of this month, my tour here will come to an end. As the...
By Alberto Brunori
People in the Caribbean face some of the highest levels of violence in the world. Of the 22
Latin American and Caribbean countries surveyed in 2020 by the independent think-tank
Insight...
By Earl Bousquet
This weekend, Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned after a newspaper published a shot from apparent CCTV footage of him hugging and kissing a senior female staff member in...
by Dr. Charles Greenidge
COVID-19 is not a single virus, but a family of viruses. Every infection represents a new generation. The virus changes with each generation, often improving its ability to...
by Dr. Charles Greenidge
Many Caribbean islands are doing reasonably well at the moment as regards COVID but I am very concerned that what we are really seeing is the “calm before...
by Earl Bousquet
After 14 months living with COVID-19 and the global pandemic having also taken millions of lives, the international vaccine distribution crisis is finally starting to attract attention long badly...
Op-ed by Chelston Brathwaite, Director General Emeritus of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); and Manuel Otero, Director General of The IICA
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of the...
By Dr. Shih-chung Chen - Minister of Health and Welfare, Republic of China (Taiwan)
The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism never ceases.
Pandemics...
By Earl Bousquet
Thirteen months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, April offered the clearest indication of just how far the Caribbean is from even starting to...
The celebration of Earth Day throughout the Eastern Caribbean has special meaning this year.
The suffering of our neighbors in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and on other impacted countries across...
