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The View from Europe: A crowded space
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now When it comes to regional and hemispheric institutions, the Caribbean and Latin America have become a crowded space. Over the last few years an extraordinary number of bodies have appeared; expanding their agendas…
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LGBTI rights in the Caribbean: Losing to win
By Maurice Tomlinson From 76Crimes June 10, 2016 — Today the Caribbean Court of Justice denied my application for a declaration that the laws of Belize and Trinidad & Tobago, which ban the entry of homosexuals, violate my right to free…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Decisive challenge for Caricom
By Rickey Singh, From Nationnews Barbados IN RESPONSE to the governance challenges his fledgling Jamaica Labour Party administration faces as it cautiously navigates the country out of very difficult economic and social challenges, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has opted to…
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The View from Europe: The urgency of now
By David Jessop From The Barbados Advocate There is no shortage of astute advice, or practical thinking about the region’s future. In the last two weeks alone, speeches from significant regional figures have again made clear what practically is required…
CARICOM-US discuss threat of lawsuit over queen conch, and IUU fishing
Belize City, Friday, 27 May 2016 (CRFM)—Officials from the Caribbean Community and the United States advanced talks in Washington last week at the 7th Annual Meeting of the CARICOM-US Trade and Investment Council, on several key concerns affecting trade between…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Venezuela crisis – Caricom challenge
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News OUR CARICOM governments have managed to do well in maintaining their public silence in the face of the spreading crisis involving refugees from Syria and other Middle East states seeking asylum in Europe….
CARICOM deficiencies leading to fragmentation and weakness
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now (This commentary is a shortened version of a Feature Address to the St Lucia Hotels and Tourist Association on 19 May 2016) I start with the now proven premise that no Caribbean…
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St. Kitts and Nevis among Caribbean countries supported by the OECS and CARICOM in geothermal prospects
From SKNIS Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 13, 2016 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis and other countries of the Caribbean Region that have commenced the process of geothermal energy exploration are being guided by the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Too silent on financial scandals
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News IT IS not unusual for the governments of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be publicly silent, for long periods, amid developments that require some form of practical attention in the interest of the…
New energy needed in the Caribbean
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now The transformation of the energy sector in Caribbean countries is the key to improving the economies of all of them. Sustainably cheaper energy supplies for tourism, manufacturing, transportation and agriculture would contribute…
