In the backdrop of a bleak report on the future of Caricom, the intersessional Heads of Government meeting got underway yesterday in Paramaribo with ringing calls for fundamental change underlined by Suriname President Desi Bouterse’s appeal for a “new beginning”.
The two-day meeting opened with speeches by current chairman, Bouterse; immediate past Chairman, Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and Caricom Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque.
A recent damning external review highlighted Caricom’s plight and made recommendations on
