By Sir Ronald Sanders A commentary, published on March 8 by Camillo Gonsalves, a minister of the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was headlined “Every Island for itself’. The first line was unequivocal in stating that “The idea of CARICOM died on December 16, 2020”. Camillo Gonsalves is a Caribbean man, and an integrationist. Only […]
This photo is a Chapel by the University of the West Indies, Mona in Kingston Jamaica. Its a Chapel that has existed since June 1959. (Shutterstock) KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Co-Chairman of the Global African Congress (GAC) Cikiah Thomas, has written to the Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), businessman Robert Bermudez, expressing […]
Sign in front of the Inter-American Development Bank, BID, in Washington. – Washington, D.C. / USA – June 14 2020 (Shutterstock) By IADB The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched the 2021 Call for Proposals for the Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, which supports projects involving three or more countries. The […]
By Wired JA GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 18, 2021 – Former Lands and Survey Commissioner, Trevor Benn on Wednesday emerged from a question and answer session with the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), saying that the Irfaan Ali administration was becoming a “creeping dictatorship.” He was reacting following his interrogation by the police in […]
By Hon. Dr Keith Rowley The United States has long been a very important neighbor to the Caribbean and continues to be a significant partner for our 16 million- strong Community in a number of areas – security, trade, investment, energy, agriculture, education, tourism and sport. Members of our diaspora have contributed meaningfully to the […]
Photo: Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 08, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As the global community pauses to reflect on the role of women in our communities on International Women’s Day today, March 08, the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. […]
Saint Lucia celebrated the third (3rd.) Anniversary of the adoption and endorsement of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday March 4, 2021. This environmental and human rights treaty, also known as the Escazú Agreement, was adopted and endorsed by […]
Photo: Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris accepts one of the boxes containing the COVID-19 vaccines from His Excellency Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, High Commissioner of the Republic of India accredited to St. Kitts and Nevis. BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Now that the Federation […]
Even as the Region focuses on recovery post-COVID-19 and the health and socio-economic wellbeing of its people, it must remain committed to addressing crime and violence as a public health issue, according to CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister Keith Rowley. Speaking on Wednesday at the opening of the Thirty-Second Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads […]
COVID-19 test site for locals and tourists by French Red Cross on the island of Saint Barthelemy, Caribbean island commonly known as St. Barts – St. Barts, French West Indies – Feb. 3, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders People in the Caribbean, who refuse to take vaccinations to counter the Coronavirus, will cause the […]