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CARICOM: Realities and hope after Port-of-Spain Summit
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chroncile – WITH the conclusion last evening of the 34th annual Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad and Tobago, we can expect to officially learn today of new initiatives, if any, taken during the three days of meetings and activities focused on the future of CARICOM now in its 40th year of existence. Following Wednesday’s ceremonial opening, the…
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Guyana secures critical CDF funding to help bolster agricultural sector
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and CEO of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), Ambassador Lorne McDonnough yesterday signed a country assistance programme agreement that will see some US$7.32M being ploughed into Guyana’s agriculture sector. The deal was inked in the presence of President Donald Ramotar on the fringes of the just-concluded annual Heads of Government meet…
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CARICOM needs fresh air
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – It is 40 years since the founding fathers, the enigmatic Eric Eustace Williams, the autocratic Lincoln Forbes Burnham, the congenial “Skipper” Errol Walton Barrow, and the charismatic Michael Norman Manley signed the Caribbean community and Common Market (Caricom) Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973. The compelling legacy of these legends continues to dominate…
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CARICOM Summit in Port of Spain ends Leaders agree to the re-introduction of a single domestic space
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their four-day summit in Port of Spain on Saturday agreeing to the immediate adoption of a stabilisation and growth agenda which emphasises the removal of constraints on competitive production as well as proactive facilitation and support for the private sector aimed at catalysing growth in critical economic sectors. CARICOM…
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CARICOM Free Movement Bill tabled
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Bill to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries has been tabled in the House of Representatives, by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier. The Bill provides for the introduction of a single certificate system, and it…
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Jamaica Customs Head sees increased ganja trafficking to Guyana
(Jamaica Gleaner) Commissioner of Customs Major (retd) Richard Reese has expressed satisfaction with the combined efforts of the various law-enforcement agencies in patrolling the nation’s ports. Reese lauded the Jamaica Customs’ Contraband Enforcement Team (CET), Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND), Coast Guard and Marine Police for what he called “a team approach.” “We have weekly narcotics seizures at the…
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T&T deflects questions on rights record of Caricom invitee
(Trinidad Express) Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran said the Trinidad and Tobago Government was not in a position to adjudicate on international human rights reports on President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Mbasogo, who in his capacity as head of the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) region, was one of three presidents invited to attend this week’s Caricom…
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Lagging behind
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Guyana’s dismal record on maternal mortality would have contributed to the near-fail the region received on this target when the 2013 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report was released on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. While Latin America and the Caribbean was referred to as one region for most of the report, the fifth goal—‘Reducing Maternal Mortality’—was…
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