“Who vex loss.” With those three words, delivered to a room full of Caribbean heads of government in St. Kitts and Nevis last week, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar distilled a geopolitical moment into a Trinidadian proverb. If you are upset by my choices, that is your problem! I have made my calculation […]
This week, as CARICOM Heads of Government gather in Basseterre for their 50th Regular Meeting, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected at the table. Let us be clear about what that table looks like. On one side, fifteen Caribbean states whose combined GDP would not rank them among America’s twenty largest cities. […]
My Priest asked to give a talk to the congregations at St Pauls and St. Barnabas on the current global and regional developments. Here is my Christian bible take! The Bible is, among many things, the story of a small people trying to survive among empires. This is not a minor theme, it is the […]
On the evening of Tuesday, December 16th , citizens of Antigua & Barbuda and Dominica received unwelcome news. The Trump administration had announced an expanded travel ban, and among the countries added were Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica. For most of us, this is not an abstraction, this is the aunt in Brooklyn we visit […]
The mathematics of catastrophe are written in wind speed, barometric pressure, and the shattered lives left behind. When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica as a savage Category 5 storm and neighbouring Caribbean islands, it didn’t just demolish homes and infrastructure – it laid bare the brutal calculus that Small Island Developing States face in an […]
Small Caribbean Territory Becomes Unlikely Winner In AI Boom, Earning Millions From .AI Domain Rush In the sleepy capital of this amazingly beautiful Caribbean Island, where the pace of life moves to the rhythm of trade winds, government officials are grappling with an extraordinary problem: what to do with tens of millions of dollars in […]
As Chelsea’s Cole Palmer lifted the Club World Cup trophy at MetLife Stadium, surrounded by teammates representing dozens of nationalities and races, a stark contrast emerged. While America increasingly retreats into debates about who belongs and doesn’t belong, the world’s most popular sport has spent decades proving that diversity isn’t weakness—it’s a superpower. The Numbers […]
Every government budget reveals a nation’s priorities—and its pressures. So, how do Eastern Caribbean governments spend their billions? In 2025, the regional story is one of rising wage bills, record infrastructure budgets, and growing competition between social programs and concrete. The Wage Bill: A Regional Tug-of-War Paying public servants remains the single biggest line item […]
Budgets are moral documents, economists say. They show what governments can afford and what they care about. In 2025, some Eastern Caribbean nations send a clear message: we will spend now and worry later. Others are buckling down, with hard choices and tighter belts. The Fiscal Straight-A Students Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada are at […]
The Eastern Caribbean is growing again, but not all growth is created equal. In 2025, some countries are sprinting toward resilience and reform, while others are jogging in place, held back by lost revenues, debt overhang, or policy paralysis. According to the 2025 budget documents and IMF assessments, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the […]