Caricom heads warned: Time for action

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Caricom leaders meet later this week in Grenada for their annual inter-sessional summit, with St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas saying that the issues on the agenda require timely discussion, analysis, and action.

“Some of these issues are new and some are ongoing, but in need of executive oversight and refinement. What they all share, however, is a centrality to Caricom’s overall quest for cohesion and stability,” said Dr Douglas on his regular weekly radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister” on Tuesday.

He said that the issues include developments in Haiti, the Permanent Committee of Caricom Ambassadors, the Caribbean Court of Justice, British American and CLICO, and the constitutional dimensions of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Informed sources said that the financial stability of the region would allow for further discussions on the CLICO/British American insurance issue and efforts to get failing companies back on a sound financial footing.

There are also proposals from the Council for National Security and Law enforcement, for financing the region’s crime and security agenda. Health and human development, and priorities for dealing with climate change are also down for discussion during the February 25 to 26 summit.

The summit was preceded by a meeting on Wednesday of the Council of Ministers followed by one of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), which will be chaired by Barbados Prime Minister Fruendel Stewart.

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