FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026
VOLUME 120, No. 09
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During the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in Saint Kitts and Nevis, member states came together for ”a customary family photograph”. (Source: caricom.org)
Dr. Godwin Friday, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, addressing the opening of the 50th regular Meeting of the Conference of heads of Government of CARICOM, in St. Kitts and Nevis. (Source: caricom.org)
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„QUICKEN THE PACE,‰ DR. FRIDAY TELLS CARICOM DR. GODWIN FRIDAY, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, delivered his maiden address to a summit of Heads of States and Government of the regional bloc, CARICOM, last Wednesday in St. Kitts and Nevis. He told the meeting, the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, that while he supports the need for regional integration, he was concerned that the Bloc may just be dragging its feet in pursuit of this goal, and called
for a “quickening of the pace’ in this regard. CARICOM has been characterized as “CARI-GONE” not as CARICOM, Friday told the opening ceremony of the Summit. That said, Dr. Friday admitted that CARICOM was important to the region and in underscoring that importance urged that “making CARICOM relevant, especially to
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