SLCHSA statement on Cuba – CARICOM Day
From St Lucia Times OUR INTEGRATION HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the four independent Caribbean nations at the time; Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana were established forty three years ago on 8th December 1972. Subsequently,…
CARICOM to send election observation mission to St Vincent and the Grenadines
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will send an electoral observation mission to monitor the general elections to be held in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. The chief…
Congratulations pour in from around the Caribbean for New Commonwealth Secretary General
From WINN St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Congratulations poured in from around the Caribbean for the newly elected Dominican-born Commonwealth Secretary General Designate Baroness Patricia Scotland. Though CARICOM members had been unable to agree on a single candidate for the…
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…
India’s little-noticed Caribbean diplomacy
By Deepak Bhojwani From The Hans India The Caribbean Community brings with it 15 votes in the General Assembly where every vote counts for securing a place in the Security Council. Perhaps it is time to consider a Summit between…
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The View from Europe: Little time left to act on US tax bill
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now The Caribbean has just 18 congressional working days from Sunday September 20 to try to have the US Congress or the District of Colombia address an act naming 17 Caribbean nations as “tax…
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The View from Europe: Improving the Dominican Republic-CARICOM relationship
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Mutual incomprehension perhaps best sums up the way in which the Anglophone Caribbean and the Dominican Republic presently regard one another. Although in recent months the focus has been on the complex concerns…
Caribbean strives to protect coastal and marine ecosystems
From TelesurTV The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is partnering with a number of governments as it strives to help boost the resilience of member states to climate change. The CARICOM region, with its 15 islands, is considered one of the world’s…
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…
Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago pursue cooperation
By Azad Ali from Caribbean Life Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed to pursue a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the near future. The two countries recently discussed five areas for development: agriculture, education, energy, infrastructure for partnership and…
