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 [...]
UN Pressures Haiti to Hold Long Delayed Elections
March 21, 2013 | Posted by
Haiti is under pressure from the United Nations to hold its long delayed elections as specified in a U.N. Security Council hearing Wednesday. The country was expected to hold legislative elections more than a year ago, but has failed to create an electoral commission despite a new agreement signed in December. Nigel Fisher, the recently [...]
Caribbean Leaders Explore New Crime and Security Strategies
February 26, 2013 | Posted by
St. Kitts and Nevis’ prime minister, Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, says Caribbean leaders at the just concluded 24th Inter-Sessional of Caribbean Heads of Government, received an eight-point plan during a presentation from the lead head for crime and security, Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Douglas said the plan is designed to lend support [...]
Haiti Hosts First Caricom Meeting of 2013 For Caribbean Leaders
February 18, 2013 | Posted by
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will attend a conference for the leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) regional bloc this week in Haiti. Haitian President Michel Martelly, the chairman of the group, has made Haiti’s participation in regional and international affairs a priority, despite years of diminished involvement. It has been just over a [...]
U.S. Awards Millions to Guyana in Fight Against Corruption, Drug Trade
February 2, 2013 | Posted by
In two agreements signed yesterday Guyana and the United States agreed to ramp up their cooperation in the areas of anticorruption, law enforcement and information sharing. The agreements valued at $172 million were signed by Guyana Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and U.S Ambassador Brent Hardt, and result from the amendment of an agreement that [...]
Regional Integration Remains Key to Caricom Development
January 19, 2013 | Posted by
Regional integration, once fully achieved, may very well make the difference in affording small states such as Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, and other Caricom countries, a plethora of advantages both in their personal development and as a unified bloc. This is according to Dr. Mark Kirton, senior lecturer at the University of West Indies’ Institute [...]
Calls For Caribbean Regional Air Transportation Integration
January 9, 2013 | Posted by
As several international carriers cut flights into the Caribbean region, LIAT airline’s Jean Holder is urging a meeting of CARICOM heads of government to discuss the issue of air transportation’s critical role in supporting the CARICOM. Holder made the call amid concerns that in March 2013, American Eagle will cease operations into the region; British [...]
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 [...]
U.S., Caribbean Nations To Work Together To Stem Arms Trafficking
December 5, 2012 | Posted by
Interim executive director of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) Francis Forbes described the illicit trafficking of small arms and the growth of gangs in the region as “disturbing.” “Our borders are targets for drug traffickers, people trafficking and, most disturbing, illicit trafficking in small arms and ammunition,” he was [...]
