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Reparation talk critical

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - “In order to complete [the] circle of economic freedom and the quest for political and economic enfranchisement … as a government, we have to confront the issue of reparation … this issue, as you know, remains an elusive quest for justice.” This is the suggestion of Minister of Culture, Youth Family and Sport, Stephen Lashley, as he spoke at the end of the Emancipation Day Freedom Walk from the JTC Roundabout in Haggatt Hall – the site of the Emancipation Statue, to Independence Square in Bridgetown.

No British support to invade Grenada

LONDON, CMC – Britain had been against United States plans to invade Grenada in 1983, according to documents released Thursday by the National Archives here. The documents indicate that then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and United States president Ronald Reagan were at odds over the plans to invade the Caribbean island after its then left wing leader, Maurice Bishop and several of his ministers were executed by sections of the People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG) headed by then deputy leader, Bernard Coard.

Warning for Caribbean countries

WASHINGTON, CMC – Caribbean countries have been warned that while increased financial integration has facilitated the flow of funds and allowed regional countries to overcome scale constraints, the increased interconnectedness has also built systemic risks and increased the likelihood of contagion.

CARICOM divide deepen-Tufton fires back after Nicholson dismisses proposal to withdraw regional body

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - The rhetorical fisticuffs between the Government and the Opposition over Jamaica's continued participation in CARICOM became more intense yesterday, with the opposition spokesman on trade, Dr Chris Tufton, berating remarks by his government counterpart, A.J. Nicholson, who wants no part in any suggestion about a temporary withdrawal from CARICOM.
The suggestion was made by the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), but Nicholson strongly advised against it in the Senate on Wednesday.

Firm commitment

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government has reiterated its commitment to the regional integration movement, CARICOM, and dismissed calls for the island to quit the 15-member grouping. Foreign Affairs Minister, AJ Nicholson in a statement in the Upper House on Wednesday addressed comments from former Prime Minister Andrew Holness and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) legislator Dr. Christopher Tufton that the country could benefit from a “temporary pull out of CARICOM”.

Dominican national appointed CARIFORUM Director General

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Dominican Percival Marie Thursday took up the appointment of Director General of the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) pledging to effect an integrated and comprehensive approach to the work of the two units that comprise the directorate.
Marie, who formally served as the executive director of CARIFORUM Directorate, replaces Ivan Ogando Lora. His appointment, approved at the recently held special meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM in the Dominican Republic, is for a three year period.

EDITORIAL: No solution in sight in Egypt

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - That the ouster of Egypt’s first democratically elected President Mohammad Morsi was a military coup should not be debatable. Subsequent developments however confirm the view that though the majority party governs, the army always rules.

Government worried about unpredictable nature of gold prices

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it is monitoring the “unpredictable nature of gold prices” as the commodity was being sold on the market at US$1, 330 an ounce.
Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud said the authorities share the anxiety of the mining community “as to the unpredictable nature of gold prices given the importance of this ministry and the investments made”.

Electoral Commission to consider new proposals on campaign financing

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) will meet on Wednesday to consider a proposal to increase the amount of funds individuals and donors can contribute to candidates and political parties, as part of draft legislation for campaign financing.
ECJ Chairman Dr Herbert Thompson told The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that the commission's original recommendation two years ago that no person should give a candidate more than one million (One Jamaica Dollar = US$0.01 cents) had been adjusted to two million as a result of the devaluation of the local currency.

Former junior minister guilty of refusing to take breathalyser test

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former junior national security minister Collin Partap has been slapped with a TT$5,000 (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) fine after he was found guilty Tuesday of a charge of failing to submit himself to a breathalyser test outside a night club last year. Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayres-Caesar, who earlier this month had rejected a no case submission made by Senior Counsel Israel Khan, ordered that Partap, pay the fine within one week or face a nine month jail term.

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