Regional reparations conference opens in St. Vincent tomorrow

Professors Sir Hilary Beckles and Verene Shepherd and famed Jamaican reggae artiste Bunny Wailer are among those who will make presentations at the three-day Regional Conference on Reparations beginning in St. Vincent and the Grenadines tomorrow.

A press release from the Caricom Secretariat said that the opening ceremony will be addressed by Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves, Minister of Culture of Barbados Stephen Lashley, and Jamaican educator Professor Shepherd.

Bunny Wailer will also perform at the opening, and will make a presentation