[By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 21 December 2022] Over the past three decades, the discussions and proposals by the Government about Pension Reform have been ‘ambiguous, opportunistic, impulsive, and recurring’. Although the ‘origin and focus’ about pension reform has been virtually for the Public Service, concerning the February 1974 […]
[ J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 30 November 2022 ] It is reasonable to expect, and it even may have been necessary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to capitalize on the 29 March 2022 Justice Raulston Glasgow Judgement for the re-instatement of the 1958 Pensions Laws to win the […]
[ J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 23 November 2022 ] The ‘position and display’ of the New National Party (NNP) on the constitutional entitlement of State pensions for qualified public officers (including judges) is well-established. The central statutes surrounding the protracted controversies on the manner of payment of “pensions benefits” […]
[ By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate ); Circulated on Wednesday, 21st September 2022 ] What message and emotions are meant to be generated by Grenada’s 23rd June 2022 administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during its Post-Cabinet Press Briefing on 13 September 2022, which was conducted primarily by the Minister […]
What does putting culture in the hands of Grenadians in the year 2022 mean? Simply, it means providing more readily available access to information on culture and heritage to citizens of the tri-island state. This is important as our cultural traditions fade away with the passing away of heritage holders and elders within local communities. […]
[By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Tuesday, 13 September 2022] Despite electioneering is about diverse schemes for obtaining State Power, including manipulating and exploiting the minds and wishes of the people especially the naive and zealous youth, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had set itself an admirably high standard for politics […]
By Richard Simon St. George’s, Grenada, 09-02-2022 – When Bob Marley sang “Exodus, movements of Jah people,” he never envisioned a day when “Jah People” would be unable to move at will around a region that has been talking about regional integration, regionalism and a single market and economy since the 1950’s. When the Jamaican […]
It is not Mr. Dickon! proving the impact of the heavy reliance on imported oil on the price we pay for electricity Dr. John N. Telesford In a letter/article published in the Grenada informer (26 August 2022, p. 18 Online), the writer wrote: “Mr. Dickon, why do our GRENLEC and NAWASA bills keep going up […]
[By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 10 August 2022] The People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG) of ‘violent palace-coup’ slayed prime minister Maurice Bishop, during March 1979 to October 1983, set aside the 1974 National Constitution and ruled by decree. The PRG was ‘welcomed and supported’ with great expectations based on its […]
