Guyana backs Antigua-Barbuda nominee for top Commonwealth post
From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Guyana government has indicated that it will give its full support to Antigua and Barbuda nominee, Sir Ronald Sanders, for the post of Commonwealth secretary-general when leaders of the 53-member association meet…
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David Cameron rules out slavery reparation during Jamaica visit
From BBC David Cameron has ruled out making reparations for Britain’s role in the historic slave trade and urged Caribbean countries to “move on”. The prime minister acknowledged that “these wounds run very deep” during his visit to Jamaica, where…
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Tough missive to Brits
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life The Caribbean Reparations movement did not lose a moment this week by jumping on the back of visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron demanding that one of the largest Trans Atlantic slave trading nations…
First Kazakhstan Ambassador to CARICOM accredited
From Guyana Chronicle First Kazakhstan Ambassador to CARICOM accredited -US$250,000 MoU inked for Caribbean Water Resource Management HIS Excellency, Konstantin Zhigalov, Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan to Canada and Concurrent Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, the Dominican Republic…
The Caribbean energy bloc led by Venezuela is holding a key meeting on energy in the region.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in the island nation, after flying directly from Qatar. In Jamaica, he’ll be meeting with Caribbean leader Saturday for a summit of the oil bloc PetroCaribe. “We are constructing a multicentric and multipolar world,” said…
Danny and the drought: How El Niño left the Caribbean parched
By Tim Padgett From WLRN Miami Remember Hurricane Danny roaring out in the Atlantic last week with 115-mile-an-hour gusts? When it reached Puerto Rico this morning it was wheezing. That’s a big relief for the Caribbean islands – but it…
CARICOM: A collective bargaining unit for rights
By Sir Ronald Sanders From CARIBBEAN360AUGUST 21, 2015 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday August 21, 2015 – The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticised almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important as it…
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 5, 2015 on Jamaica’s Independence Day
Jamaica’s Independence Day Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 5, 2015 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I extend my warmest congratulations to the people of Jamaica as you celebrate…
Revealing pledge by Cuba’s president
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News Guided by varied experiences of national, regional and international developments, readers of this column may have long come to accept the adage that in politics all things are possible – at times quite…
Mexico’s cartels funding several gold-mining operations in Guyana – Report
By Dennis Adonis From Epoch Times (EDITORIAL NOTE: This article first appeared in the Oslo Times, an English language daily newspaper in Norway, and was originally written for that publication by Dennis Adonis ) Dec 8, Georgetown (The Oslo Times):…
