The Caribbean Community (Caricom) said yesterday that it would continue to back Antigua and Barbuda in its ongoing battle with the United States over Internet gambling at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Yesterday, Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque, in accepting the credentials of Clarence Henry as Antigua and Barbuda’s plenipotentiary representative to Caricom, said the [...]
Haiti’s Michel Martelly Takes Top Post at Caribbean Group Caricom
January 4, 2013 | Posted by
Haiti President Michel Martelly will lead the Caribbean Community (Caricom) as its chairman for the next six months. It is the first time Haiti held the top spot since the state joined the organization in 2002. Haiti is the shortest-tenured of the 15 full-member states in Caricom, which rotates the top spot between the heads of [...]
Caribbean Nations Balk At Possible New EU Financial Guidelines
December 6, 2012 | Posted by
Caribbean governments say they are upset with the European Union for changing the rules regarding aid granted to the region and former colonies in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). Under new rules the EU’s parliament is currently debating, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its 15 member nations and the Dominican Republic [...]
CARICOM to Establish Caribbean Investment Program
July 9, 2012 | Posted by
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed to the establishment of a Caribbean Investment Program to stabilize failing economies in the region. This was agreed to at the Thirty Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community held July 4-6, 2012 at Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. [...]
