CARICOM Chairman, Dr Timothy Harris (left) at meeting in Costa Rica SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (CMC) — Chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Timothy Harris, says peace will continue to be elusive in Venezuela until the “contending parties are encouraged to sit down and agree”. Harris, who is also the prime minister of […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping Friday said it is “shocked and appalled” at the attack on two mosques in New Zealand by a 28-year-old gunman, who opened indiscriminate fire at worshippers, some as they were kneeling at prayer. At least 49 people have been killed and 40 others wounded. “The […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andre Holness underscored the need for closer unity among the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping particularly in an environment of instability and uncertainty. Holness, who addressed the 30th inter-sessional meeting of the regional leaders here as the outgoing chairman of the grouping, said the region had to […]
Ravi B Maharaj
When news first broke regarding the joint CARICOM – UN meeting on the Venezuelan crisis, I was initially perplexed about what they were going have on the agenda. With no prior evidence that either side of the conflict were willing to mediate, it almost appeared that the CARICOM delegation was simply distributing brochures of different […]
On Monday, 28 January, 2019 a delegation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), comprising Dr the Hon. Timothy Harris, Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon. Mia Mottley, Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Ministers of St. Kitts and Nevis, and the Hon. Peter David, Foreign Minister of Grenada, H.E. […]