GENEVA - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries Tuesday reiterated their call for reparatory justice for the trans-Atlantic slave trade saying their position is grounded in responsibility and equity.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda's government Monday said it is advancing a policy proposal to introduce pay transparency legislation.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – President Irfaan Ali of Guyana Friday defended the 15-member regional integration grouping, CARICOM, and reiterated his support for the reappointment of Dr. Carla Barnett as the grouping’s Secretary General for another five year term.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the “surreptitious and odious process” used regarding the reappointment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Cara Barnett, could have long term effects for the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Prime Minister Gaston Browne has been re-elected leader of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) promising to build upon the socio-economic policies over the past years as it gears up for the April 30 general election.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Sunday dismissed a statement issued by the chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr. Terrance Drew in which reiterated that Trinidad and Tobago was not “uninvited” to the retreat where a decision was taken to reappoint Belizean economist Dr. Carla Barnett as Secretary General of the 15-member regional integration grouping.
NASSAU, Bahamas - Bahamians go to the polls on May 12 to elect a new government with Prime Minister Philip Davis saying that Parliament will be dissolved on April 8 and the writs for the elections, five months ahead of the constitutional deadline, being issued on April 9.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Friday agreed to advance a broad development, trade and economic agenda aimed at deepening bilateral ties and strengthening integration between their countries.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it recognised Delcy Rodriquez as the Acting President of Venezuela as Port of Spain prepares to send a delegation to Caracas to discuss energy issues, Foreign Affairs Minister Sean Sobers has said.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The chairman of the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS), St. Clair Leacock, says he has been informed that the United States will not punish Caribbean countries that refuse to accept third-country nationals (TCNs)
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Gloria McField-Nixon is set to make history as the Cayman Islands’ first female Deputy Governor when she assumes the post in July, succeeding Franz Manderson, who is retiring after 14 years in the role and more than four decades in the civil service.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has criticised the decision of the United Kingdom to abstain from voting on a United Nations resolution which recognised the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity”.
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands – The governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam, has announced the appointment Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards as Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
