CARICOM
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CARICOM is 40, But Who is Celebrating?
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is celebrating 40 years of existence. But who is really celebrating? Certainly not the masses of Caribbean peoples, plagued with high levels of unemployment, crime, debt and anxiety about the future. Officialdom is celebrating, the small band of government leaders, regional civil servants and technocrats who interact with the organization with some regularity. But should more…
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Recommitting to the CARICOM ideal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – The effort that was invested in producing elaborate theatre to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas on Thursday might suggest the seriousness that the region’s leaders have invested in the idea of regional unity. Cynics, however, might hope for more tangible proof of such efforts. It’s been 40 years…
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Report renewable resources could provide with Caribbean with electricity needs
WASHINGTON, CMC – A report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean’s renewable energy endowment is large enough to cover its projected 2050 electricity needs many times over. The report “Rethinking our Energy Future” argues that lower prices and new technologies are making renewables a viable alternative. It also says that solar,…
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Caribbean Investment Forum delivers on promise of rich opportunities
In its third successful year, the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2013 delivered on the promise of rich opportunities for investors seeking a foothold in the Caribbean. More than 500 entrepreneurs, government ministers, investors, CEOs, and CFOs heeded the call to discuss the development and investment opportunities of various sectors, including tourism, at CIF 2013 which was hosted at the Trinidad…
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CARICOM points to other issues affecting socio-economic development
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations General Assembly met on Monday to consider progress in the global struggle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries indicating that other “pressing” health challenges are threatening the region’s socio-economic development. Speaking on behalf of CARICOM, the Bahamas’ UN envoy, Eugene Glenwood Newry, identified these challenges as “persistent and significant…
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Scientists continue “systematic” exploration of Caribbean
MASSACHUSETTS, CMC – A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists in the United States is continuing their “systematic” exploration of one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea, searching for life in extreme seafloor environments. According to Dr. Chris German, of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts, the scientists are using the hybrid underwater robotic vehicle Nereus in…
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UN says 10 CARICOM countries sign Arms Trade Treaty
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations says that 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have signed the first ever international treaty to regulate the trade of conventional weapons. The UN identified them as Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Grenada’s Foreign Affairs and International Business Minister…
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Travel taxes vs the tourism market
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Caribbean nations have been relatively slow to recognise that long-term structural changes taking place in tourism require a new and strategic vision for a sector that many industry professionals in the region regard as underperforming. Over the last two decades competition for visitors has become global, the nature of the tourism demand and the product has diversified,…
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CARICOM heads urged to fully implement free movement
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Regional governments are being urged to intensify efforts to fully operationalise the Free Movement of skilled individuals which is an element of Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer made the call yesterday afternoon during his inaugural address as chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). “As we continue to prepare…
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Don’t subject CARICOM to ideological views
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ronald Mason is entitled to his personal opinions, but he's not entitled to pick and choose facts to reinforce his ideological views on why Jamaica must leave CARICOM. The capitalist organisation of the global economy is inherently uneven. The European Union (EU) and NAFTA reflect in the most concrete ways the spatial unevenness that capitalism reproduces. Let…
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