How CARICOM was saved
In January 1986, I played a minute role as a private individual in preventing the collapse of CARICOM. There was public debate in the Caribbean media that a number of regional Prime Ministers were refusing to attend meetings in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Secretariat was located.
The elections in Guyana were regarded as a fraudulent exercise […]
Media environment in CARICOM
- focus on Georgetown conference
A CARIBBEAN MEDIA and Communications Conference is currently taking place in Guyana to coincide with this year’s observance of “World Press Freedom Day”–May 3
Funded by UNESCO and involving national/regional media managers and practitioners, as well as members of the academic community, the conference got underway in Georgetown yesterday (Thursday) and […]
CARICOM’s Deafening silence on Zimbabwe
THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY seems to be missing in action when it comes to speaking out against the man-made crisis in Zimbabwe where the dictatorial rule of a once highly admired freedom fighter, Robert Mugabe, has made life a nightmare for millions of Zimbabweans while their president insists on clinging to power–at all cost.
After a long […]
We’re the only net exporter of food in the region-President
- says US$3B of food export opportunities in the region- as pig breeding project launched
Georgetown, GINA, April 7, 2008
President Bharrat Jagdeo, in stressing the importance of food security to the region currently and the critical issue of food shortages beginning to be experienced by some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) territories, told farmers today that there […]
CARICOM agrees on wide range of anti-crime measures
WITH crime and security as the focus of the just-concluded 13th Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed to implement a wide range of measures to tackle the serious issues of crime and security currently plaguing […]
Wiretapping needs to be regulated by legislation — President Jagdeo
NEWSDAY (Trinidad) Sweeping legislative changes, including a proposal to regulate the practice of wiretapping in the entire region, are among a series of recommendations agreed to by CARICOM Heads of States, Bharrat Jagdeo, the Guyanese president, revealed Saturday.
Speaking to reporters outside of the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Trinidad where a special security meeting of […]
Cooperation and governance in CARICOM - Questions on decision-making
Analysis by Rickey Singh
NEW INFORMATION coming out of the ‘Nassau Summit’ of CARICOM leaders confirm that they remain at a distance from advancing the governance mechanisms of the Community, foremost being the long-mooted high-level commission, empowered with executive authority, to ensure implementation of decisions.
Further, as they continue to reaffirm commitment to the creation of a […]
CARICOM to appoint special envoy for children
THE CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has agreed, in principle, to the appointment of an envoy for Caribbean Children.
CARICOM ministers pledge to improve well-being of region’s children
THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ministers with responsibility for children have pledged their commitment to undertake work in several key areas to improve the well being of the region’s children.
TOWARDS THE ‘CRIME SUMMIT’
Police, Army Chiefs wind up meeting in Georgetown
THIS Easter weekend coincides with a new series of “special” meetings focused on crime and security, made necessary by rampant criminality in too many CARICOM jurisdictions and the dire warnings of challenges facing the criminal justice system.
