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Former Jamaican prime minister, The Most Hon. P.J. Patterson

JAMAICA | PJ Patterson Pays Tribute to former B'dos PM, Owen Arthur

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 27, 2020 - With the passing of former Barbados prime minister Owen Arthur on Monday, tributes have been pouring in from many of the Caribbean region's leaders. These include Dr. Ralph Gonsalves who has referred to him as a titan of regional integration, Sir Shridath Ramphal who lamented that Barbados had lost a great son and Sir Ronald  Sanders who described Arthur as a Caribbean champion.

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  • Countries Barbados
Regional airline, LIAT (1974) Ltd to be liquidated and replaced by private entities.

CARICOM | LIAT to be replaced by six airlines serving the Region

CARICOM,  July 4, 2020 - With the collapse of the ailing Regional airline, LIAT (1974) Ltd., despite herculean efforts by Antigua and Barbuda’s PM, Gaston Browne to save the carrier, six privately owned air carriers are being considered to take over LIAT’s travel routes, in wake of the carrier’s current financial challenge.

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  • Countries CARICOM
Outgoing Chair of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley. and incoming Chair of CARICOM Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

CARICOM | Gonsalves defends Mottley's position on Guyana

CARICOM, July 3, 2020 - As Outgoing Chair of CARICOM and prime minister of Barbados Mia Mottley this morning handed over the Chairmanship of the regional body to the Prime Minister of St. Vincent, she used the opportunity to once again express her concern about the political situation in Guyana.

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  • Countries CARICOM
  • Published in CARICOM
Incoming CARICOM Chair and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves

CARICOM | Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is the New Chairman of CARICOM

CARICOM,  Frtiday July 3, 2020 -  Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on Friday morning officially took up the Chairmanship of CARICOM, pledging to work to ensure a more sufficient air transport system to serve the sub-region.

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  • Countries CARICOM
  • Published in CARICOM
Guyana not a colony of CARICOM

Guyana not a colony of CARICOM

THE GUYANA CHRONICLE, EDITORIAL, June 29, 2020- THE recent utterances on Guyana’s elections and, by extension, its internal affairs by Barbadian Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, and Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are a cause for concern not only in Guyana, but in the rest of the CARICOM sub-region. Ms. Mottley’s video statement on Wednesday went to places that Gonsalves did not go. She arrogated unto herself the role of judge and jury in Guyana’s elections impasse. But more than that, she spoke as if the Guyanese people have elected her as their spokesperson and governor.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Opinion
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