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Lenworth Fulton Op-Ed 27 March 2024

JAMAICA | Removing GCT from imported food may affect local Production Says Lenworth Fulton

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 26, 2024 - - In a controversial move poised to reshape Jamaica's agricultural landscape, Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke,during the 2024/25 Budget Debate, announced the government's decision to lift the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on all imported raw foodstuffs, including fruits and vegetables.

Lenworth Fulton Op-Ed 27 March 2024

JAMAICA | Removing GCT from imported food may affect local Production Says Lenworth Fulton

JAMAICA | Revitalizing Agriculture: Embracing Turmeric and Nutraceuticals for Economic Growth

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 25, 2024 - Value-added agriculture is a term that signals the need for innovative approaches to traditional nutraceutical and non-food crops, including turmeric, a spice that naturally...

Lenworth Fulton Op-Ed 25 March 2024

GUYANA | Venezuela’s aggression fuel by Jagdeo/Ali shenanigans

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, MARCH 24, 2024 - The declaration by Venezuela that Essequibo is now its new state, following up on the country’s referendum in December, whilst it comes as no...

Lincoln Lewis Op-Ed 24 March 2024

GUYANA | Why the Trades Union Congress joined the Teachers Union in its Court Battle

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 20, 2024 - The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has a moral and legal obligation to stand by the nation’s public school teachers and all society.

Lincoln Lewis Op-Ed 21 March 2024

JAMAICA | ANDREW HOLNESS, the PRIVY COUNCIL, and The POOR.

KINGSTON, Jamaica March 17, 2024 - Recently, announcing plans for municipal elections, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, not for the first time, stridently declared: "When I say that I love the...

A. J. Nicholson Op-Ed 17 March 2024

GUYANA | Government Constructively Engineered Teachers’ Strike

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 15, 2024 - The struggle that threatens teachers threatens all workers and risks creating precedence that can change the face of the trade unions and workers’ rights...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 17 March 2024

The CCJ is the Region’s Future Says Paul Reid in a letter to the Editor

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, March 16, 2024- TBD - In the wake of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council's recent decision in the Adijah Palmer, also known as Vybez Kartel,...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 16 March 2024

Haitian Crisis : Striking Similarities Between CARICOM Leaders and some African Chiefs in the Slave Trade

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 8, 2024 - The roots of wars and conflicts are intricate, encompassing a myriad of factors; nonetheless, ideological and philosophical disparities have played a substantial role in...

Joseph Wangija Op-Ed 13 March 2024

GUYANA | Jagdeo: A political bully, entitled to do as he pleases to whomever he pleases

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 12, 2024 - Bharrat Jagdeo is either losing his marbles or desperate to contain Guyanese. Sunday at Babu Jaan on the occasion of the death anniversary of...

Lincoln Lewis Op-Ed 13 March 2024

GUYANA | Seriously? Workers just demands, bullying ? Lincoln Lewis chides President Irfaan Ali

We must be unafraid to call a spade a spade. In oil-rich Guyana and the world’s fastest growing economy, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is openly pursuing economic injustice against...

Lincoln Lewis Op-Ed 09 March 2024

GUYANA | Adam’s Notebook: Confusion abounds in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 8, 2024 - Some occurrences can be confusing if one were to take them at face value. At the start of the fifth week the teachers were...

Adam Harris Op-Ed 09 March 2024

GUYANA | GECOM's new voter's list exceeds the voting population says Alexander

Dear Editor, With effect from March 1, 2024 GECOM has produced an Official List of Electors. The list is made up of 706,439 voters. As some of us have projected, with...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 09 March 2024

BARBADOS | Of Sense and Sensibility, Mottley’s novel approach to Governance and Economics

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 4, 2024 – In the face of criticism from one Keston Perry, who questioned the progressivism of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley's leadership, citing concerns over neoliberal...

David Comissiong Op-Ed 05 March 2024

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JAMAICA | Removing GCT from imported food may affect local Production Says Lenworth Fulton

JAMAICA | Revitalizing Agriculture: Embracing Turmeric and Nutraceuticals for Economic Growth

GUYANA | Venezuela’s aggression fuel by Jagdeo/Ali shenanigans

GUYANA | Why the Trades Union Congress joined the Teachers Union in its Court Battle

JAMAICA | ANDREW HOLNESS, the PRIVY COUNCIL, and The POOR.

GUYANA | Government Constructively Engineered Teachers’ Strike

The CCJ is the Region’s Future Says Paul Reid in a letter to the Editor

Haitian Crisis : Striking Similarities Between CARICOM Leaders and some African Chiefs in the Slave Trade

GUYANA | Jagdeo: A political bully, entitled to do as he pleases to whomever he pleases

GUYANA | Seriously? Workers just demands, bullying ? Lincoln Lewis chides President Irfaan Ali

GUYANA | Adam’s Notebook: Confusion abounds in Guyana

GUYANA | GECOM's new voter's list exceeds the voting population says Alexander

BARBADOS | Of Sense and Sensibility, Mottley’s novel approach to Governance and Economics

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