Council on National Security and Law Enforcement
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Regional Symposium addressing Crime and Violence as a Public Health Issue begins Monday
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago will hold a Regional Symposium addressing Crime and Violence as a Public Health Issue, 17-18 April 2023, at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad and Tobago. Under the theme, ‘Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge’, the symposium seeks to promote dialogue and regional action…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Regional Symposium on ‘Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge’
A Regional Symposium on “Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge” will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on the 17-18 April, 2023. The Symposium will be hosted by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley and will be attended by CARICOM Heads of Government. Representatives…
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Remarks by Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett to the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement, 16 Feb. 2022
Honourable Dr. Horace Chang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security of Jamaica and Chairman of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement; Honourable Ministers and Heads of Delegation; Lt. Col. Michael Jones, Executive Director, CARICOM IMPACS; Commodore Errington Shurland, Executive Director, Regional Security System; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome you to…
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UNITED STATES-MIGRATION- Forty-one Cuban migrants rescued by cruise ship
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says 41 Cuban migrants have been rescued by the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship in the Florida Straits. On Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced that crew members aboard the 855-foot Carnival Ecstasy located the “grossly overloaded vessel” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. “The vessel was unseaworthy, was taking on water, and did not…
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TRINIDAD-MIGRATION-High Court dismisses application filed on behalf of orthodox Jewish group
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The High Court has dismissed an application for a habeas corpus writ to have nine members of a Canadian ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect released from detention in Trinidad and Tobago. Justice Vashiest Kokaram denied the writ after indicating that there were a number of procedural defects in the application. On Thursday, Immigration authorities said they…
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CARICOM EYES GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AS CARICOM SINGLE MARKET DEADLINE APPROACHES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepare for the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) by 31 December 2005, specific attention is being given to the area of Standards to ensure that CARICOM countries can compete effectively in the international market arena. This point was emphasised by CARICOM Secretary-General H.E Edwin Carrington…
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