GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyanese in particular, we suspect, will be strongly appreciative of the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) concerning the Shanique Myrie case on freedom of movement in the Caricom area, pursuant to Article 207 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. For long before ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Shanique Myrie’s sincerity in testifying about her treatment by Barbadian immigration officers impressed the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and this was pivotal in their ground-breaking awarding of non-pecuniary damages to her in Friday’s ruling. “Given the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE ripple effects of the landmark ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of the Jamaican Shanique Myrie vs the Barbados government, should shake the leaders of Caricom out of their  Rip van Winkle-like slumber to honour their commitment to unhinder...

NEW YORK, CMC – Human right lawyers are seeking extensive financial damages from the United Nations following the 2010 cholera outbreak in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, Haiti, that killed more than 8,000 people. The Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has called for the adoption of a "strong funding strategy" that is vital in the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Addressing the United Nations General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for De...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, says women’s empowerment must be seen as a catalyst for growth and diversity of CARICOM economies. She told delegates attending the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) that women’s...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -Stakeholders in the Caribbean coconut industry say they have come up with some “concrete and constructive suggestions” geared at creating a shared vision and roadmap for the sector. They met here over the past two days at a workshop titled “Coconut Industr...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Agriculture ministers from four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to meet here later this week to discuss ways of procuring agricultural inputs at a reduced cost, Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced. He said the meeting over the next few days...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Tuesday urged young people involved in agricultural business to reject the “agropreneurs” label, a term used to refer to persons involved in agricultural enterprises.  “I absolutely reject...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - A conservation group says it has secured fund to revive an area in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) where a failed marina project has devastated the marine ecosystem. The project in Union Island, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was abandoned almost 20 years ago and...