By Laurel Theresa Bain The countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) originally operated under the Treaty of Basseterre (1981) which established the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States [OECS] for the harmonisation of policies among the member states. The Revised Treaty of Basseterre of 2010 allowed for the establishment of the OECS Economic Union […]
[ By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate ); Circulated on Wednesday, 15 February 2023 ] Is the ‘new, young and excited’ 23 June 2022 ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party with its “Transforming Grenada” agenda, ‘conscious of and comfortable with’ what it is doing and the direction it is taking which can […]
By Laurel Theresa Bain The focus of the 2023 national budget on the six priority areas, and the emphasis on the development of linkages which, if successfully implemented, should increase value added in the domestic economy and provide a path to transforming the economy. The transformation of an economy would take time, but the economic […]
[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” […]
