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Caribbean economies in ‘recovery mode’ – CDB
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The economies of Caribbean countries are in a “recovery mode” even though it is still operating in a “somewhat topsy-turvy external environment,” the president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. William Warren Smith said Wednesday. Delivering the annual report on the current state of Caribbean economies, Smith said though he remains “guardedly optimistic about…
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CARICOM lauds Saint Lucia’s contribution as the country celebrates 37
Saint Lucia has made a sterling contribution to the Region’s effort towards coordinated, balanced and integrated action required to ensure the survival of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with the threat that climate change poses. This sentiment was expressed in a message from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the Hon. Dr. Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, on the occasion…
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All options to be pursued for solution to banking sector threat – CARICOM Chair
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will employ the full gamut of options available to it to confront the banking crisis that is threatening the Region Chair of the Community and Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow said. He underscored the necessity of collective action, sensitisation and mobilisation. Among the steps Heads of Government have decided on at their Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting…
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Heads to increase co-operation on crime and security
CARICOM Heads of Government deliberated on the issue of crime and security and agree to increase their cooperation and collaboration in this area. President of Guyana H.E. David Granger signs the protocol amending the Treaty to formally establish the Council of National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE), “The Conference adopted and opened for signature, the Protocol Amending the Revised Treaty…
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CARICOM SG gets second term
CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been reappointed to a second term of office. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Dean Barrow of Belize, made the announcement during the Closing Press Conference for the 27th CARICOM Inter-sessional Meeting in Placencia, Belize on Wednesday. The Chairman said the decision by the Heads of Government was unanimous. “The reward for good work is more…
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CARICOM SG calls for action against security, economic, health threats
Crime, unproved categorisation of the Region as a financial high risk area and the potentially devastating effects of the Zika virus were the threats identified by CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in his urgent call for action to keep the Community’s well earned reputation safe and secure. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque made this call to the official opening of the 27th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference…
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CARICOM must wage relentless campaign against threat to banking sector – PM Dean Barrow
The threats to the Region’s banking sector via the trend of de-risking could have “cataclysmic ramifications” for the Caribbean, and a “relentless” campaign must be waged against it, Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon Dean Barrow warned on Monday. At the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of…
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Address by The Rt. Hon. Freundel J. Stuart Prime Minister of Barbados At the Opening Ceremony for the Twenty-Seventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) February 15-17, 2016
Distinguished guests I am especially pleased to be here on my first visit to Belize, and to be able to savour the charming manner and warm hospitality of the government and people of this great country, often described as the potential bread basket of the Caribbean. When last we gathered together, in Conference, I had the honour to host you…
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CARICOM must wage relentless campaign against threat to banking sector – PM Dean Barrow
The threats to the Region’s banking sector via the phenomenon of de-risking could have “cataclysmic ramifications” for the Caribbean, and a “relentless” campaign must be waged against it, Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon Dean Barrow warned on Monday. At the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of…
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Banking sector challenges and Zika in spotlight as CARICOM Heads begin 27th Inter-sessional Meeting
The threat to the Region’s banking sector and the response to the Zika threat are expected to engage the attention of CARICOM Heads of Government as they go into day one of their 27th Inter-sessional meeting in Placencia, Belize on Tuesday. Heads will, among other things, review recommendations from a meeting of the Committee of Finance Ministers on Correspondent Banking, held…
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