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LaRocque wants removal of challenges to CARICOM observing 40th anniversary
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICCOM) leaders began a historic summit here on Monday with CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque indicating there is a need to stave off existing challenges to the regional integration movement that is observing its 40th anniversary. LaRocque told regional leaders that there can be no greater indicator, “symbolic and substantive, that Haiti…
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SEE HAITI AS “AN OPPORTUNITY” FOR THE REGION – PRESIDENT MICHEL MARTELLY AT INTERESSIONAL OPENING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Haiti should be seen and treated as an opportunity. Despite its difficulties, it represents a good opportunity for the Region, an opportunity for each CARICOM country,” His Excellency Michel Martelly, President of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) told the Region on Monday. Delivering the…
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SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR’ – HAITIAN PRESIDENT BEMOANS LACK OF DEDICATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Michel Martelly, President of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has placed the lack of a dedicated transport system at the heart of the problems related to the free movement of persons and goods. Delivering the feature address at the Opening Ceremony of…
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Take `hard look’ at institutions – Prime Minister Anthony
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Dr. the Hon Kenny Anthony, wants the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to take a “hard look” at the Institutions that it has created. In remarks at the historic, two-day Twenty-Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Prime Minister Anthony expressed full support…
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Ailing Chavez Returns to Venezuela From Cuba
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery. Chavez's return was announced in a series of message on his Twitter account, saying “we will continue our treatment here.” “We've arrived once again in our Venezuelan homeland. Thank you, my God!!” the…
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Dissident senators get praise from St Kitts
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – As the nation awaits Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer’s promised response to the senators who stood up against his government’s Citizenship by Investment (CIP) Act, the senators have been commended for voting with their conscience. Dwyer Astaphan, former St Kitts & Nevis National Security and Tourism Minister, was a guest on OBSERVER Radio’s Big Issues on Sunday.…
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PSOJ warns of massive job losses
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is calling on the Government to immediately review and make changes to aspects of its new tax regime, which it said could do more harm than good to the economy. “The PSOJ is urging the Government to immediately review and change its tax treatment of certain raw material inputs under…
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EDITORIAL – Poor economics, sovereign impotence
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Peter Phillips' public admission twice last week – of sovereign impotence in negotiating an economic support agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – should be powerful motivation for us to finally fix Jamaica's economy. Further, the shame of the circumstance should be another reminder of the need for, if not a catalyst towards, change in our…
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