Rotary Speaks
MY VOCATION PRESENTATION AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF LIAMUIGA’S VOCATIONAL SERVICES MEETING BY SARGEANT AT ARMS OF THE CLUB, ARCH DEACON VALENTINE HODGE When President Laverne invited me to speak on this subject though she had given me about 3/5 minutes, I was not sure whether it would be the main speech for this meeting, [...]
Important CARICOM Heads of Government Conference Achieves Significant Progress
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) The 30th Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which was expected to be contentious, with migration and intra-regional trade rows threatening to disrupt the discussions, ended last evening with significant progress being made in several areas. Global Economic and Financial Crisis Recognizing that several countries in the Caribbean have [...]
Caricom Leaders Must Move The Region Forward Or Pay The Price
When heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) meet in early July, a big responsibility will fall on the shoulders of Guyana’s President Bharat Jagdeo as chairman to heal the wounds that are causing the regional project to haemorrhage. President Jagdeo will have to dig deep within himself for the diplomatic [...]
The US and The Caribbean
In a few weeks time the President of the United States, Barack Obama, will attend the Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Since his inauguration, expectations have been rising about a new US relationship with the Caribbean. Sadly, there is in this a large measure of wishful thinking. While no one should deny that [...]
CARICOM To Pursue Economic Concerns With G-20 and UN
Published on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): CARICOM's concerns regarding the effects of the current global economic crisis on the region are to be conveyed to G-20 Leaders, prior to their summit in London next month, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, confirmed on Monday. Golding was speaking to JIS News after his arrival at the [...]
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