CARICOM MOVES FORWARD: PHILIP J. PIERRE BEGINS CHAIRMANSHIP WITH REGIONAL EXPANSION AFTER DR. TERRANCE DREW’S EVENTFUL SIX-MONTH TERM

CARICOM moves towards ferry trial within months as cargo cost-cruncher

A long-awaited regional ferry service is moving closer to a real-world test, with CARICOM leaders signalling that a Trinidad and Tobago–owned vessel could begin limited operations “within months” as part of a broader push to cut cargo costs, ease inflationary pressures and strengthen intra-regional trade. The heads, who wrapped up their main annual summit in Saint Lucia on Wednesday, have ordered further technical work and opened the way for a T…

CARICOM MOVES FORWARD: PHILIP J. PIERRE BEGINS CHAIRMANSHIP WITH REGIONAL EXPANSION AFTER DR. TERRANCE DREW’S EVENTFUL SIX-MONTH TERM

CARICOM TURNS THE PAGE: AFTER SIX TURBULENT MONTHS, PHILIP J. PIERRE OPENS NEW CHAPTER AS FRENCH GUIANA JOINS REGIONAL BLOC By Times Caribbean News Desk CASTRIES, Saint Lucia — After one of the most debated and politically challenging six-month chairmanships in recent CARICOM history, the regional bloc has formally begun a new chapter under the leadership of Saint Lucia Prime Minister , with the admission of French Guiana as CARICOM's eighth Ass…