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OUR CARIBBEAN: Consultation way to go
By Rickey Singh,From Barbados Nation News IN LAST week’s focus on the “ole” politics in Barbados and Guyana, I had mentioned how successive governments in this country have failed to take relevant initiatives to end the monarchical system of governance…
CCJ judge says criminal justice ‘broken’ in most C’bean countries
From The New York CaribNews A judge with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) says he believes that the criminal justice system in most, if not all Caribbean countries, is “broken”. Addressing the inaugural meeting of the Advisory Committee…
Exploring the decriminalization of marijuana
By Robertson S. Henry and Andre de Caires From Caribbean News Now Part 1 By letter dated September 2, 2013, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves, wrote to Kamla Persad-Bissessar, then prime minister of Trinidad…
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Jamaica leads Caribbean countries on how effectively children use laws
Jamaica has led Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in how effectively children can use the law to challenge violations of their rights. In the first-ever global study on children’s access to justice undertaken by the London-based Child Rights International network (CRIN)…
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The View from Europe: CARICOM and climate change
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now On December 12 in Paris, France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, brought to a close the UN climate change conference, COP 21. “I now invite the COP to adopt the decision entitled Paris Agreement…
CARICOM congratulates Haiti on 212th Independence anniversary
From Caribbean National Weekly The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Haiti as they celebrate the country’s 212th anniversary of independence anniversary on January 1. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in his congratulatory message to President…
Strengthening the AU-Caribbean Diaspora relationship
From SocioLingo Africa Strengthening the AU-Caribbean Diaspora Relationship: CIDO holds tripartite meeting with CARICOM and the Canadian Pan-African Network (CPAN) The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission has completed high level discussions with representatives of the…
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OUR CARIBBEAN: Awaiting the offerings of a British baroness
By Rickey Singh, from Nation News Barbados Now that Britain’s Baroness Scotland (Dominican by birth) has secured the much sought-after prize as new secretary general of the 53-member Commonwealth, some reflections on the future functioning of the London-headquartered secretariat seem…
Beware the US threat
By George Alleyne From Barbados Today There is a danger that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations who stuck with Cuba throughout the Cold War period and onwards may be swept out of that Caribbean island’s market in this era of normalisation…
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Caribbean not happy with draft agreement at COP21
From CARIBBEAN360 PARIS, France, Thursday, December 10, 2015 – As negotiators review a preliminary draft agreement issued yesterday at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21), Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ministers and heads of delegations are pressing for outstanding concerns to…
