Reports that British businessman Richard Branson could be on the verge of rescuing the eastern Caribbean government-owned airline LIAT from almost certain financial demise, have set off a wave of speculation about the future of the beleaguered carrier.
Tensions and uncertainty continue to rise in - and about - Venezuela as the self-declared interim president Juan Guiado ramps up his moves to force Nicolas Maduro from office.
In a remarkable confluence of circumstances which have played right into her hands, in the space of an Easter holiday break, Mrs May has gone from ‘needs to go’ to ‘best in show’…and possibly the best deal around for both the Conservatives and the Labour Party on Brexit.
British prime minister Theresa May is obviously keen to escape the fate that befell Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first women prime minister. Mrs May is the second.
The news has been slow in filtering through, but it’s quite a big deal for the Caribbean in the Brexit scheme of things.
Britain’s Brexit D-Day, planned for Friday March 29th, came to a dramatic halt with parliamentarians, including some of the government’s own MPs, defying their party and government, and blocking it.
That the President of the United States of America, Donald John Trump chose the song My Way, immortalised by Frank Sinatra, as the choice for his inaugural presidential twirl, speaks volumes.
A call by the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, that the UK should revoke Article 50 to leave the European Union is worthy of attention.
Montserrat is currently caught up in the revelry of festivity and the harsh reality of its history as priorities compete for prominence during its now-annual popular March cultural festival.
Across the Caribbean Overseas Territories especially, there's rejection of a recommendation by the British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for British citizens to have the right to vote and hold elected office in the islands.
