Caribbean on verge of bankrupcy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC
President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana says the Caribbean is on the verge of Bankrupcy…. Read more….
- President Bharrat Jagdeo says the
Caribbean is on the verge of bankruptcy as many countries were
spending more on servicing external debt and has reiterated
his call for urgent debt relief by the international financial
institutions.
Jagdeo, who heads a special Caribbean [...]
Vincies say no to going republic
The overwhelming majority of Vincentian voters gave Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves a stinging slap in the face yesterday in a referendum to change the island’s constitution. With a general election just around the corner, his political future may be in peril.
Dr Ralph Gonsalves suffered a major political setback yesterday as Vincentians [...]
Obama appoints Vincentian woman to diplomatic post
by Nelson A. King, The Vincentian
United States President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate a Vincentian to a top diplomatic post in Geneva, Switzerland.
Obama said Betty E. King, who served as the United States Representative to the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, will [...]
Watch that political union with TT-Bernard Coard
From Grenada Today
Coard who was convicted of the murder of former Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and other Government ministers warns about possible deep relationship with Trinidad and Tobago.There was a fear of Cuban military intervention during the October 1983 cricis.
Executed former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop had asked Fidel Castro for military assistance moments before [...]
Caricom keeps Dom.Republic on hold
Another forgettable Caricom summit. It is the same old, same old.
What did the 30th Caricom Heads of Government meeting in Guyana achieve?
It surely will not prevent illegal Guyanese being hunted down in the middle of the night in Barbados by over-zealous immigration officers. Nor has it clarified Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s crazy ambitions to [...]
Manning plays political union card in Guyana
The Prime Minister is hell bent on a political federation with the smaller Caribbean islands. Some leaders believe this plan will weaken Caricom.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning has indicated that the Caricom Heads of Government meeting will discuss this country’s plan to have a political integration with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). It [...]
Another useless Caricom summit?
The usual ole talk with ringing declarations of Caribbean unity. On Monday morning, leaders are back home and Caribbean integration is placed on the back burner.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s ambitious political integration initiative with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean Countries (OECS) will not be on the agenda at the 30th Caricom Heads of [...]