HELLO GRENADA

 When Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell addressed the nation last week, his PR handlers sought to give the nation the impression that it would be a speech sin precedent, game changing maybe! The reality is that the occasion was used to sell the nation a menu of changes in his government, some of which the nation is still trying to digest. During my nomadic exploits, I wrote a piece under the theme “Astute political Move or Naked Opportunism, Peter David’s Defection to the NNP”. I referred to the fact that Basdeo Panday once said that politics has its own “moral bearings” That was in june2014. Since then David and Humphrey have been busily engaged in a spirited campaign to ingratiate them to the rank and file of the NNP. Moreover, CARIBUPDATE newspaper has been on a consistent basis, defending the NNP administration and trying to bring the NDC into disrepute by suggesting that division is still the main feature of the existence of the party. It was widely expected that Pete...

The surprise announcement of Chester Humphrey as an NNP Senator raised many eyebrows after more than fifteen years of vociferous opposition to that party. Many rank and file supporters listened in shock and amazement when Prime Minister Mitchell made the announcement last Thursday in a national address. Humphrey along with Peter David and others were expelled from the then ruling NDC in 2012. This expulsion was a major blow to Humphrey who is known for his egotistic and self centred character. Since then he has teamed up with David, Hamlet Mark and others to publish Caribupdate newspaper. This newspaper has been the main mouthpiece of the Humphrey inspired Project Grenada. Along with other expellees from the NDC and some ex-revolutionaries, this splinter group has formed an unofficial alliance with the NNP in the run up to the last general elections. Humphrey has expressed openly his deep dislike for Sen. Nazim Burke, the recently elected leader of the National Democratic Congres...