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CAYMAN ISLANDS-ELECTIONS-Court rules in favour of Education Minister

GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - Chief Justice Anthony Smellie has ruled that Education and Employment Minister Tara Rivers can keep her West Bay seat in the Parliament after the husband of an election rival had filed a petition challenging her nomination. “The Hon. Chief Justice’s ruling reaffirms that I was duly and rightfully elected and now we can all move forward as a country. It’s time to talk about meaningful employment and liveable wages, an education system that works and gender equality for all our people.

DOMINICA-ENERGY-Government denies being unable to meet payment under PetroCaribe

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government Wednesday described as “mischievous and ill informed” reports that the island cannot make payments to Venezuela for petroleum products received under the existing PetroCaribe initiative. Acting Prime Minister Reginald Austrie, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio, said the arrangement with Caracas “is alive, it’s transparent and we continue to enjoy the very excellent relationship with the government of Venezuela”.

Jamaica and Caricom

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - It is little over fifty years since a sustained campaign, led by the then opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) under Alexander Bustamante, resulted in a referendum decision approving the country’s withdrawal from the West Indies Federation, and supporting national independence for Jamaica. The JLP, the party currently in opposition, now appears to have started a campaign for Jamaica’s withdrawal, temporary or permanent is not clear, from Caricom. Of course the circumstances in today’s Jamaica are different from the period 1958-62.

Caricom food import bill crosses US$2b yearly

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - More than US$2 billion is spent on the annual food import bill by Caricom countries, which have a combined population of only six million people. Dr Richard Cox, capacity building officer of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, shared the statistic yesterday. “It is worth noting that Caricom itself produced the figures to show that our import food bill runs over US$2 billion every year,” he said. His comments were part of a capacity-building workshop on the NAP/IFS Alignment Process in the Caricom subregion.

UNITED STATES-CRIME- Prominent Vincentian lawyer contemplating lawsuit against New York police

NEW YORK, CMC - A prominent St. Vincent and the Grenadines lawyer and former senator says he plans to take legal action against the New York Police Department (NYPD) following his arrest in the United States over the weekend. Ronald Marks told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that he was arrested late Sunday night in Brooklyn while viewing netball matches between Caribbean teams and meeting friends at the Lincoln Terrace Park in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York.

UNITED STATES-COURT-Caribbean American congresswoman welcomes court ruling

NEW YORK, CMC - Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke Tuesday welcomed a United States federal court ruling against the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) policy of stop-and-frisk against Caribbean immigrants, blacks and other minorities. In a ruling in Manhattan Federal District Court on Monday, Judge Shira Scheindlin said the policy was unconstitutional, appointing a monitor to reform the practice.

CARIBBEAN-TRADE-New EPA Unit director to review work of agency

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The newly appointed director of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit at the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Carlos Wharton, says he intends reviewing the work of the unit as a priority.

“The stocktaking exercise will provide a chance for a retrospective as well as a prospective look at the Unit’s work, in particular, and EPA implementation, in general,” said Wharton, who took up office at the start of the month.

PM on International Youth Day: Gang culture is wiping them out

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - There are close to 100 gangs operating in the country, according to data from the Police Service. Most of the members are young men between the ages of 14 and 25 and they look up to their gang leaders, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. “They love the culture. They feel they are not wanted by their parents or teachers. They feel no one cares too much for them,” Persad-Bissessar said in her message on International Youth Day.

Minister to Carifesta team: A platform to tell our story by dance, music

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - “It’s like drinking water from a fire hose... too much to take in all at the same time,” said Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism Lincoln Douglas, talking about his experience of Carifesta while addressing the Trinidad and Tobago representatives who will be heading to Suriname this week. The Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago is providing $3 million in funding to facilitate the contingent of 100 participants for Carifesta XI.

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