They should Look to the Caribbean for leadership on response to the virus By Arley Gill The global coronavirus pandemic is sweeping across Europe and most of North America. As leaders struggle to find solutions to manage this global crisis, those of us living in the Caribbean must applaud the proactive steps taken by our […]
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General 30 March 2020 Five years ago more than 40 babies born in Jamaican hospitals became infected with lethal bacteria – half of them died. The bacteria Klebsiella, like the coronavirus, is spread from person-to-person or via contaminated surfaces. It can be killed by hand-washing with warm soapy water. The situation caught […]
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra* Everything seems to be one gigantic mistake. We console ourselves by saying that everything has happened as it should not have happened. But it is we who are mistaken, not history. We must learn to look reality in the face; if necessary, we must invent new words and new ideas for these […]
by António Guterres The upheaval caused by the coronavirus – COVID-19 — is all around us. And I know many are anxious, worried and confused. That’s absolutely natural. We are facing a health threat unlike any other in our lifetimes. Meanwhile, the virus is spreading, the danger is growing, and our health systems, economies and […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 15 January 2020 A conspicuous area requiring serious electoral reform relates to the ‘primary and exclusive’ constitutional use of the Voter Identification Card, which is issued to an elector after registration in accordance with section 24 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA, […]
Sitting of House of Representatives, Aug. 9th, 2019: On the eve of Carnival – Friday, August 9th – the honourable House of Representatives met to “deliberate” on a suite of bills. Among them were the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Bill, 2019 and two money bills: A Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2019 for an amount of $9,967,790 […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Tuesday 30th July 2019 The working people of Grenada, especially the lower-class, should vigorously challenge, reject and protest the outrageous and unconscionable intent of the Government to increase, as of September 2019, the contribution-payment to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). The increase is from nine […]
Courtesy of Mr. Kem Jones, host of the Eagle’s Eye talk show, we the people became aware that the Government of Grenada, and by extension, we the people, have been paying the Digicel mobile phone bills for former NNP senator Sheldon Scott and a number of persons who are no longer public officers. Based on […]
July 15, 2019 Dear Media House: Please permit me a voice on your platform to join the many established and new soca and groovy artistes in Grenada in disagreeing with the announced move to reduce the number of finalists in the Spicemas 2019 Power and Groovy Soca Monarch competitions to only 10 participants (including the […]
