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Myrie ruling seen as boosting hassle-free travel in Caricom
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A landmark decision by the top regional court in a case brought by Jamaican Shanique Myrie against the Barbadian Government is being seen as paving the way for freer movement in Caricom for Guyanese and other nationalities. On Friday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) tossed aside a series of defences thrown up by Bridgetown and awarded…
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Welcome clarity from CCJ
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – As a committed proponent of regional integration we, too, welcome the ruling delivered on Friday by the Caribbean Court of Justice in the Shanique Myrie case. The ruling by Sir Dennis Byron and his panel effectively sends a message to all Immigration authorities throughout the Caricom region that the days of arbitrary denial of access…
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Ms Myrie has done the Caribbean a great service
KINGSTON, Jamaica – MS Shanique Myrie tells us she believes that, because she pressed her case against the Barbados authorities at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), “things will be better for Jamaicans who travel to that country”. This newspaper thinks she has done much more. By her courage and determination Ms Myrie has made life much easier, we believe,…
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EDITORIAL – The Greater Import Of The Myrie Ruling
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Much has already been made of the award by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) of approximately J$4 million to Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who, two and a half years ago, was deported from Barbados after being held overnight in a cell and allegedly subjected to a vaginal search. But the focus on the vindication of…
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Secretary General LaRocque outlines successes of CARICOM over the past 40 years.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Thursday outlined that there were a number of successes in health, education, youth development and other areas in CARICOM over the past 40 years. The Secretary General was delivering a distinguished lecture at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine, Trinidad…
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CARICOM Secretary General says national growth and development inextricably linked to regional growth and development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Delivering a distinguished lecture at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday (Oct.3, 2013), Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said national growth and development was inextricably linked to regional growth and development. According to him, regional policies and national policies must be…
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Distinguished Lecture By AMBASSADOR IRWIN LaROCQUE SECRETARY-GENERAL Caribbean Community On the status of the Regional Integration Process and Vision for the Future of CARICOM Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3 October 2013
I am honoured to be here with you this afternoon at the invitation of Professor Sankat to deliver this lecture and begin the series of Distinguished Lectures on our integration movement. It is a discourse that is much needed and if my understanding is correct, I look forward to hearing from some of the Region’s iconic figures on this theme.…
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ACP officials meeting ahead of talks with EU Trade Commissioner
BRUSSELS, CMC- Caribbean trade officials are meeting in Brussels for talks with their African and Pacific counterparts ahead of a meeting with the European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on Friday. The meeting, which began Monday, will focus on a collective African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) declaration for the upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in December as well…
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European recovery gathering momentum
LONDON—While the US economic outlook has become murkier because of the partial shutdown of the government, the picture in Europe—so long the laggard of the global economy—has brightened. Another round of economic data yesterday provided evidence that Europe’s recovery from recession is becoming broad-based and self-sustaining. Particularly encouraging was the news that retail sales across the eurozone rose a forecast-busting…
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EDITORIAL – America The Banana Republic
KINGSTON, Jamaica – If it intends to prevent a return to global financial turbulence and maintain America's pre-eminent place in the world, it is urgent that Congress end its latest bout of irresponsibility and begin to manage the country's economic affairs in a fashion not reminiscent of a banana republic. This is how Washington appears at this time – a…
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