Minister For Foreign Affairs and Labour of Grenada, Hon. Peter David, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Minister For Foreign Affairs and Labour of Grenada, Hon. Peter David, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Thursday, October 1, 2020 — Statement by the Honourable Peter David, Minister For Foreign Affairs and Labour of Grenada, to the General Assembly Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Click here to view address to UNGA. 

Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Hon. Kenneth Darroux, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Hon. Kenneth Darroux, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Thursday, October 1, 2020 — Statement by the Honourable Kenneth Darroux, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, to the General Assembly Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Click here to view address to UNGA. 

A Nation’s Right to Determine its Friends

A Nation’s Right to Determine its Friends

President Nelson Mandela of South Africa delivers his speech during arrival ceremonies On the South Lawn at the White House. – Washington, DC. USA, 4th October 1994 By Sir Ronald Sanders, pressroom.oecs.org Nelson Mandela in 1990 was a towering symbol of the triumph of right over wrong. Released from prison after 27 cruel years for […]

CARICOM mourns loss of cricket icon

CARICOM mourns loss of cricket icon

Sir Everton Weekes (Credit: Windies Cricket/Twitter) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed sadness with the passing of the great and legendary West Indian cricketer Sir Everton Weeks. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a Message of Condolence to Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, described Barbadian Sir Everton as a true icon and example of […]

PM Mottley of Barbados calls for radical regional integration to fast-track economic growth for the ‘New Caribbean’

PM Mottley of Barbados calls for radical regional integration to fast-track economic growth for the ‘New Caribbean’

Monday, July 6, 2020 — “The Caribbean should not be invisible for many and disposable for some,” said Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Mia Mottley, at a recent online event hosted by the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS Commission).   In her discourse, Prime Minister Mottley pointed out that: “The Region should not […]

Statement from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis

Statement from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis

Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis. Regional Headquarters, Jamaica, June 1, 2020. The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, President of Universities Caribbean, and Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission. Martin Luther King Jr, when he felt he could not breathe came to Jamaica. When the threats to his life […]

Tied to No One’s Apron Strings: The Caribbean in an Emerging New World

Tied to No One’s Apron Strings: The Caribbean in an Emerging New World

By: Sir Ronald Sanders Developing countries, including Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states, would make a grave mistake if, in the wake of the economic crisis they now face, they decide to diminish their foreign affairs budgets. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have created huge challenges for advanced economies, but those challenges are even more daunting […]

Guyana Elections Body Ready for Vote Recount in Disputed Polls

“…We are basically disconnecting ourselves from the international community for the next 14 days,” said Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley.

Guyana Elections Body Ready for Vote Recount in Disputed Polls

By Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday, March 16, 2020 – Two weeks after Guyanese went to the polls to elect a new government, preparations are now in place for the start of a national recount as agreed to by President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). But the Guyana Elections Commission […]