Road to Cancun: What OAS Leaders Need to Know About Venezuela
By: Earl Bousquet From telesur While lobbying the CARICOM leaders, Washington has also launched a two-week naval military exercise in Caribbean waters nearest to Venezuela. When Caribbean and Latin American leaders gather in Cancun, Mexico later this month for the…
Caribbean Regulatory System recommends its first generic drugs for sale in the region
Washington, DC, June 12, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) – Four essential generic medicines for HIV treatment were assessed and recommended for sale in May by the Caribbean Regulatory System in one of its first actions advising governments on medicines regulation in the Caribbean…
CRFM representatives attending UN Oceans Conference in New York
NEW YORK CITY, USA; Sunday, 4 June 2017 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is participating this week in a high-level United Nations Conference being convened to advance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, to conserve and sustainably…
Sir Ronald Sanders: CARICOM Unified at the OAS – A moment for unbridled pride
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribeean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Friday June 2, 2017 – Contrary to all who dismissed it as impossible, the 14 independent member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) displayed strong solidarity at the Organization of American…
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IMPACT Justice co-sponsors Barbados Bar Association inaugural weekend law conference
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Canadian government-funded project Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) will be one of the co-sponsors of the Barbados Bar Association’s inaugural weekend law conference being held on June 2 and 3. The conference…
Promoting regional trade at Agroalimentaria
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, May 30, 2017. Regional trade is a key component for economic stability across the Caribbean, and greater trade from the agricultural sector could significantly contribute towards the lowering of the regions food import bill from outside of the…
U.S. accusation creates vexing financial worries for region
From The Philadelphia Tribune CARICOM leaders are in a state of shock, dismay and disbelief after the United States accused 14 of the 15-member states of money laundering. News reports indicate that this accusation was included in the March report…
CARICOM to review import taxes
By Bert Wilkinson The 15-nation Caribbean trade bloc is undertaking a complete review of its import taxes regime into the regional free market including poultry and agriculture products from the United States in the wake of a plethora of requests…
AML/CFT challenges for the Caribbean
By Curtis A. Ward From RJR NEWS A number of Caribbean governments have responded bitterly to the recent negative “evaluation” of their anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AFL/CFT) legal and administration capacities. More specifically, the U.S. State Department…
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Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler: Europe and US dodging demands for slavery reparations
By Earl Bousquet From Caribbean News Now The recent furor in Grenada over whether slave history has a role in tourism promotion is an important development that fits smack in the middle of the ongoing Caribbean discussion on reparations from…
