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CARICOM and correspondent banking
By Martin Henry From Jamaica Gleaner After a 39-year withdrawal, we could well see a return of Barclays Bank to Jamaica’s shores in short order. Barclay’s pulled out in 1977, selling its operations to the brand new ‘indigenous’ National Commercial…
Caribbean looks to international allies in de-risking crisis
By Ken Richards From WINN St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Attempts are continuing by CARICOM and individual member states to address the correspondent banking issue causing consternation in the banking community in the region. Foreign Affairs Minister Mark Brantley says…
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…
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US appeals Trinidad court’s ruling in favour of Warner From RJR News The United States government has filed an appeal against a Trinidadian High Court ruling that Washington be excluded from being part of the judicial review claim brought by…
Brexit in Babylon: A View From the Caribbean
By Amílcar Sanatan From telesur Only a collective regional response can defend our vulnerable economies from the financial shocks of a Brexit. “To live in London you are really comfortable Because the English people are very much sociable They take…
Advancing health and wellness as a priority in CARICOM countries development
From St Lucia Times Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, July 1, 2016: Health and wellness are essential factors to the Caribbean region’s development. Taking a very strong stance, Dr C. James Hospedales, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA),…
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Cayman Islands: General Mills Flour Recall Expansion July 1st, 2016 Foster’s Food Fair – IGA would like to announce that General Mills continues to collaborate with health officials to investigate a multistate outbreak of E. coli O121, and is…
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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…
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Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday June 16, 2016 – The 46th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) was not a successful event. This judgement is in no way related to the government…
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CARICOM focuses on disaster risk management in agriculture planning
From CARICOM Natural hazards such as drought, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods have had devastating impacts on the socioeconomic and environmental landscape of the Caribbean within the last decade. The agriculture sector has not been spared this dislocation and devastation. This,…
