From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
Caricom's conflicting signals
ANALYSIS
RICKY SINGH
Sunday, June 29, 2008
LATEST INDICATION of significant differences among member governments of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) has come from Guyana on the eve of this week's 29th Caricom Summit that gets underway on Tuesday (July 1) in St John's, Antigua.
RICKY SINGH
It was the disclosure last Wednesday in Georgetown by President Bharrat Jagdeo that, based on further information and legal advice obtained, the Guyana Government may not join Community partners in signing next month the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that was initialled last December in Barbados between representatives of the European Commission (EU) and CARIFORUM (Caricom plus Dominican Republic).
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Conflicting policies and attitudes towards advancing the process of free movement of Caricom nationals; differences over foreign policy issues as well as in approaches for attracting foreign investment and economic aid have also been causing concerns in more recent times among member governments and other stakeholders."
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JO - Caricom enterprise in danger
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
Caricom enterprise in danger
ANALYSIS
RICKY SINGH
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Passions are running high in Barbados on an issue of fundamental importance to the Caribbean Community's future - intra-regional freedom of movement of Caricom nationals. It is also the subject of concern in some other Caricom states, including Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.
The respite that Caricom nationals experienced during Cricket World Cup 2007 in so-called "hassle-free" intra-regional travel was commendable. But in real terms, the arrangement had a not insignificant component of what's desirable for "cooperation" by our extra-regional partners - superpower USA, for example.
RICKY SINGH
In relation, that is, to "security" priorities which do not really address specific problems being faced by those in whose name the Caricom enterprise functions - the multi-ethnic, multicultural peoples of our 15-member regional integration movement, the mass of whom continues to be at the bottom of the social scale of preference, irrespective of ethnicity, nationality or religious perspective.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Within recent months there has been a virtual explosion of bitterness among Barbadians over what they perceive as an unrestricted flow of nationals from other countries, particularly Guyanese, whose presence, legal or otherwise, negatively impact on the country's demographic structure and threatens to drain their health and education benefits."
Jamaica Observer
Caricom enterprise in danger
ANALYSIS
RICKY SINGH
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Passions are running high in Barbados on an issue of fundamental importance to the Caribbean Community's future - intra-regional freedom of movement of Caricom nationals. It is also the subject of concern in some other Caricom states, including Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.
The respite that Caricom nationals experienced during Cricket World Cup 2007 in so-called "hassle-free" intra-regional travel was commendable. But in real terms, the arrangement had a not insignificant component of what's desirable for "cooperation" by our extra-regional partners - superpower USA, for example.
RICKY SINGH
In relation, that is, to "security" priorities which do not really address specific problems being faced by those in whose name the Caricom enterprise functions - the multi-ethnic, multicultural peoples of our 15-member regional integration movement, the mass of whom continues to be at the bottom of the social scale of preference, irrespective of ethnicity, nationality or religious perspective.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Within recent months there has been a virtual explosion of bitterness among Barbadians over what they perceive as an unrestricted flow of nationals from other countries, particularly Guyanese, whose presence, legal or otherwise, negatively impact on the country's demographic structure and threatens to drain their health and education benefits."
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