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A gloomy time
Sir Ron SandersJan. 7, 2014The announcement on Friday 13 December by the government of Barbados that it will lay-off over 3,000 public servants in January as a first step in cutting back government expenditure ...
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Standing with Mandela
Sir Ron SandersDec. 19, 2013Since December 5, that fateful day when Nelson Mandela left the world bereft of a leader the like of whom mankind had seldom experienced, much has been written and spoken ...
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Stop the rot between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Sir Ron SandersDec. 16, 2013Relations between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are becoming increasingly difficult. This deterioration in relations between two of the most influential countries in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) does not ...
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Addressing the Caribbean's "grave economic crisis"
Sir Ron SandersDec. 3, 2013In a commentary on the statement by St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony that there is a grave economic crisis gnawing away at Caribbean countries and "governments are busy ...
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The Dominican Republic has crossed the line: Caribbean governments must ...
Sir Ron SandersNov. 26, 2013Seemingly concerned about offending the principles of "non-interference in the internal affairs of states" and the "sovereignty" of states, the 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that are members of the ...
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Leaders in self-denial as Caribbean economic crisis worsens
Sir Ron SandersNov. 12, 2013ST LUCIA'S Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony says that there is a grave economic crisis gnawing away at Caribbean countries and "governments are busy looking inward — each busy with ...
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Guyana-Venezuela: The consequences of ideology and avarice
Sir Ron SandersNov. 8, 2013The internal politics of Venezuela is playing a big part in the sudden deterioration of that country's relations with its smaller neighbour Guyana after a period of steady improvement.
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US Republicans using weapons of financial mass destruction
Sir Ron SandersOct. 16, 2013There will be a lot of rubbish in Washington over the next few days. And, that rubbish is not only the garbage that is steadily piling up in the nation's ...
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What about the Syrian people? Do they count?
Sir Ron SandersSept. 27, 2013The last month's chessboard politics about Syria and the use of chemical weapons have done nothing to stop the large-scale suffering of the mass of Syrian people, but they have ...
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The Case for Compensating the Caribbean
Sir Ron SandersMay 6, 2013In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received £11.6 (US$17.8) billion in today's value as compensation for the emancipation of their "property" – 655,780 human beings of African ...
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Export led growth: Who will lead in the Caribbean? Part ...
Sir Ron SandersApril 29, 2013Despite all the promises of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), the countries of the Caribbean have not benefitted from increased exports to EU markets or ...
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Export led growth: who will lead in the Caribbean?
Sir Ron SandersApril 8, 2013A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean. In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have turned to the private ...
