CARICOM summit on Nigerian leader’s view of deeper Africa-Caribbean ties

Castries (The Voice) Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre and his regional counterparts are heading to Jamaica for Sunday’s formal opening of the 2025 CARICOM Summit (July 6-8), where they’ll report on the successful exchanges between the Eastern Caribbean counterparts in Saint Lucia with Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of Internet

Castries (The Voice): The first two articles in this series drew responses from across the board -from believers and non-believers at home and abroad- the sort of reaction I’d hoped for while fingering my keyboard, putting my electronic pen to paperless screen on a topic that other colleagues simply haven’t felt comfortable-enough to comment on.
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of Internet

Castries (The Voice): Saint Lucians living in Lalaland got a rude awakening Tuesday night, that sent shivers up spines and set many hearts a-throbbing, thanks to unexpected revelations of an aspect of living Caribbean life that ensnarled the entire nation into forcible accepting the existence and presence of something forever denied: occultism.
What’s Colour Got to Do with Being a Good Leader?

Castries (The Voice): Earlier Caribbean generations grew-up under old and new colonialism, with minds sunk deep in Mental Slavery.
Friends of Guyana and Venezuela Should Encourage Public Discourse on Essequibo

Castries (The Voice): Territorial disputes exist the-world-over: The Antarctica, Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, Western Sahara, Somalia, South China Sea, Korean Peninsula, Nagorno Karabakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Taiwan, Occupied Palestine, Syria’s Golan Heights, Ukraine and Russia.
Africa and the Guilt Narrative 189 Years After Emancipation

Castries (The Voice): Sunday, May 25, is Africa Day, as designated by the African Union (AU) to replace African Liberation Day (ALD). ALD was originally designated by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), launched on May 25, 1963 at the United Nations (UN).
Today’s Barbados Bye-election -A Boost for Regional Integration!

Castries (The Voice): Caribbean eyes are on Barbados today, fixed and focused on the island’s first electoral contest ahead of the republic’s next big General Elections.
Aging: Born at the right time!

Castries (The Voice): Time changes everything and everyone. The older we age, the more we (and everything around us) also change. Take birthdays, which we all look forward to, but not the same way.
As a growing grandpa with a grand-daughter and grandsons at home and abroad, I find myself now counting birthdays at a rate too-fast for me.
Caribbean voters displaying more political and electoral sophistry

Castries (The Voice): The actual sophistry of Caribbean voters is often underestimated by traditional politicians only interested in their votes every five years, who forever see voters only as propellers to personal political power.
Welcome to a World where Tomorrow Belongs to Everyone -and to No One!

Castries (The Voice): The first week of May saw topsy-turvy times in today’s Caribbean and global affairs.
The world’s eyes remained fixed on the chimney at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel awaiting the white smoke signalling a new pope is chosen; India and Pakistan paced closer to an all-out war between two nuclear-armed neighbours; US President Donald Trump continued dancing political polka around the widening bonfire from Americans’ fears of impending inflation; Europe and Russia hosted parades marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II; the Ukraine war came nowhere close to ending; Israel continued its latest deadly offensive against Palestinians in Gaza; and the two Sudanese conflicts showed no signs of peaceful or negotiated resolution.