OUR CARIBBEAN: A chilling call in US politics
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News For a block of largely small independent countries that cherish their traditionally good relations with the world’s most powerful nation – the United States of America – the prevailing public silence by our CARICOM…
First regional capacity-building workshop held in the Caribbean
Bonn, 5 September 2016– The CMS Secretariat, in co-operation with the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) and the UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), organized the first Caribbean regional accession workshop from 31 August to 2 September 2016 in…
CARICOM congratulates Trinidad and Tobago on 54th Independence anniversary
Trinidad and Tobago celebrates its 54th anniversary of Independence on Wednesday 31 August. In a congratulatory message to Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque spoke of Trinidad and Tobago’s great economic success that has…
World Bank group promotes ‘Crowdfunding for Caribbean Entrepreneurs’
By Natasha Maynard From MyVueNews (MyVueNews.com) – For the first time, there will be a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Crowdfunding for Caribbean Entrepreneurs who desire to raise capital in order for their businesses to progress. According to a…
Chaplains prepare for the worst in major SOUTHCOM exercise
By Luke Carberry Mogan, Army Times Making Chaplain Corps history, U.S. military chaplains flew out to Grenada to participate in Tradewinds 2016’s humanitarian operations for the first time. Sponsored by U.S. Southern Command, the first session of the three-phase Tradewinds…
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Cayman Islands accountant wants to go to jail Robert Neil Aspinall (38), a British National who has been working in the Cayman Islands from 2003 as an offshore accountant, wants to go to jail immediately. Aspinall is accused of…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Fresh optimism for unity
By Ricky Singh From Barbados Nation News WHILE WE AWAIT this evening’s communiqué on decisions from the three-day 37th annual summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, the prime ministers of Jamaica (Andrew Holness) and Trinidad and Tobago (Keith Rowley) have…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Time for Caricom’s say
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News Barbados EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL verbal skirmishes over claimed unfair intra-regional trade practices, or the eruption of short-lived disputes involving discriminatory practices by immigration services against CARICOM nationals, the government leaders of our regional…
UK’S Caribbean Infrastructure Fund meant to deepen ties
From Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica In 2015, United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that his Government would invest ₤300m into new infrastructure in nine Caribbean islands. These include the construction of roads, bridges and ports to help…
Raul Castro Ruz: We cannot remain indifferent to disturbances in Latin America and the Caribbean
From CaribFlame Full text of remarks by Raul Castro Ruz, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, opening the 7th Association of Caribbean States Summit, June 4, 2016 Distinguished Heads of State and/or Government, Esteemed Ambassador Alfonso Munera Cavadia,…