UK – Committee for Human Rights in Grenada (CHRG), is calling on the US Government to show that black lives matter by revealing the location of the remains of Maurice Bishop and the others executed at Fort George on 19th October 1983, and if the remains were removed to the United States, to return them […]
Merger: The Route to Liberalization Merger of the Nutmeg and Cocoa Associations: Nutmeg and Cocoa Industry Bill, 2020: Over the last two weeks, stories pertaining to the Nutmeg and Cocoa Industry Bill, a government bill to MERGE the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association and the Grenada Cocoa Association, have featured prominently in the media. Distraction: Discussion […]
15-year-old girl sold for US$300 to human trafficking network in Trinidad and Tobago During our eight-month human trafficking investigation in the Caribbean (July 2019 to February 2020), we discovered that there was a higher demand for sex and prostitution services in Trinidad and Tobago when compared with other English-speaking countries in Caricom. Our research took […]
We live in a scaryWorld todayIt’s different thanBeforeNo more hugs kissingOur happiness gone awayLike never beforeThe virus has taken ourLoved ones awayFamilies sufferingLike never beforeThe fear of the unknownHas arrivedThe worry of what will happenTomorrow to you and meCoronavirus on our mind’sCoronavirus everywhereOur lives in dangerLike never beforeWe practice social distancingEvery day to keep the […]
I don’t think there is a single movement as important today as the Black Lives Matter movement. Let us be clear, this struggle is not a new one, it goes back centuries and the fact that the fight is still as relevant today as it was when the first ‘Guineaman’ set off from Africa for […]
By Denise J. Roberts, PhD and Gerry Hopkin, JD On May 25, 2020, people across America and the world were stunned as footage captured George Floyd pinned beneath three police officers, one of whom pressed his knee onto Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Despite calls for help from Floyd and startled onlookers, the officer […]
Joint reflexions by United Nations Senior African Officials (*) A desperate yearning for a long-departed mother. Reaching deep from the bowels of fragile humanity. Grasping for breath. Begging for mercy. The entire world heard the tragic cry. The family of nations saw his face pounded against the harsh tarmac. Unbearable pain in broad daylight. A […]
[ By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Tuesday, 09 June 2020 ] There is no desire for preaching gloom and doom for Grenada, as the world continues without the second advent of Jesus Christ; and neither is there any expectation for the abandonment of genuine and worthwhile intentions and efforts toward […]
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General 09 June 2020 Today I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting in his living room during the Covid-19 lockdown, watching coverage of protests, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the United States. He was perplexed and sat glued to his […]
