There is a common thought that since the abolition of slavery there is no forced labour anymore and that we …
Slavery has a new name: Capitalism
2022-2023 Budget: Something for Everyone
The 2022-2023 Appropriation Bill commonly called the budget which was presented in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, 26th April …
Finally, we have a budget where there is something for everyone
“Visionaries will always meet opposition from weak minds but the seeds they plant always save the world” Bangambiki Habyarimana, The …
Will the Queen Shelve Royal Visits After A Stressful 2022 Caribbean Charm Offensive?
When Queen Elizabeth II made her last Royal Visits to the Eastern Caribbean in 1966 and 1985, she was welcomed …
A Pie in the Sky
Prime Minister Philip J Pierre remains tight lipped on the housing minister’s pie in the sky Cul de Sac project. …
Statement from the Office of The Leader of the Opposition
The just-released Economic and Social Review presents further proof that the policies of the Allen Chastanet-led United Workers Party Government …
The rejection of military aggression – a CARICOM achievement
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the OAS. He is also a Senior Fellow …
If better is not done, worse will surely continue!
Of late, there has been a continuous effort by some people to go back to a traditional way of life, …
Easter Has No Caribbean Bounds — or Boundaries!
Easter is observed in different ways and places every year, under different circumstances everywhere, as Christians celebrate the biblical story …
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, In your issue of 16th April, you published an article by one of your regular contributors, Earl Bousquet, …
‘Rovergate Goes to Court’
This month we have been witnesses to the classic differences in the handling of criminal matters involving members of the …
Youth Trust the SLP
One of the more apparent strategies of the other party – now the official opposition – is to target the …
It is time for us to live the Resurrection experience!
He is risen! The Easter holidays gave us a wonderful opportunity to get together with family and friends, and reflect …
Developing countries also victims of Ukraine war
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the OAS. He is also a Senior Fellow …
CARICOM’s Land of Food, Water and Wheat Beckoning Neighbors to Share the Region’s Breadbasket
CARICOM member-states are responding slowly to Guyana’s open and urgent invitation to work together to overcome the various difficulties that …
It’s no longer a wonderful world!
I don’t think I’m alone in concluding that the pressures of survival in these times have forced many to not …
We prefer to toe the line than think outside the box. How sad…
I lay home listening to the budget speech and was taken aback by some of the figures I heard spouted …
Here’s Why We’re All Weapons in the Ukraine War!
The world is watching the Ukraine war, which has already touched everyone worldwide, if only because of the disastrous effects …
Those who damage legal international order must be held to account
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the OAS. He is also a Senior Fellow …
Australian man claims he’s Queen’s grandson — and heir to her throne
While Buckingham Palace is on edge about the rest of the thus-far-failed Royal Caribbean Charm Offensive, an Australian press report …