By Peter Richards
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jul 28, CMC -The 15-member regional integration movement, CARICOM, Sunday began the second half of its march towards the next 50 years with regional leaders critical of what they presented as a failure of the media to highlight the successes of the bloc.
Host and incoming CARICOM chairman, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell urged the region “to shape our narrative” while Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali said it is time for the region to “boldy embrace” its successes and appealed to the regional media to highlight those achievements.
The highlight of the opening ceremony was the admission of Dutch-speaking island of Curacao as the sixth associate member of the grouping, whose other members are mainly former British colonies.
Former West Indies cricket captain Sir Clive Lloyd and Roderick Rainford, a former CARICOM secretary general, were given the region’s highest award, the Order of the Caribbean Community.
(Details in Politics section)
CMC/2024