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CARICOM Commission Heading to UK to Press Reparations Case

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission (CRC) will travel to the United Kingdom next week as part of a renewed push to build international support for reparatory justice, amid what it described as growing global momentum for the issue.

CARICOM Reparations Commission – Seated (L-R): Dr Niambi Hall Campbell Dean, The Bahamas; Professor Verene Shepherd, Vice Chair, Research; Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, CRC Chairman, The UWI; Dr Hilary Brown, CARICOM Secretariat; Laleta Davis Mattis, Jamaica. Standing (L-R): Ambassador David Comissiong, Barbados; Trevor Prescod, Barbados; Ambassador Arley Gill, Grenada; Dorbrene O’Marde, Antigua and Barbuda; Earl Bousquet, Saint Lucia; Eric Phillips, Guyana; Carla Astaphan, St. Kitts and Nevis; and Dr Damien Dublin, Dominica.

Martinique Becomes an Associate Member of CARICOM

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique – Martinique has officially taken its seat for the first time in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during the opening ceremony of the Fifty-First Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government on Sunday, in St. Lucia. 

Serge Letchimy – President of the Executive Council in Martinique

Caribbean Leaders End Summit on Optimistic Note

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their 51st annual summit here on Wednesday saying that the decisions taken during the four day event “reaffirm that CARICOM remain united in purpose and determined in action.

UN Forum Told Reparations Very Important For the Caribbean

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – A member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Dr. June Soomer, Monday dismissed calls for the Caribbean to put an end to demands for reparatory justice from the Atlantic slave trade, saying it is “very important for us to address the issue”.

Dr. June Soomer
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