FRIDAY, MARCH 08, 2024
VOLUME 118, No.10
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CARICOM TO REMOVE SIX-MONTH STAY:
ANTIGUA DISSENTS Right: Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, took the lead in presenting the CARICOM heads decision at the at the closing press conference on Wednesday 27th February, 2024. (Source: Guyana Times)
Left: Dr. Clarence Henry, Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the Caribbean Community, helped to justify the position of his government. March, the legal affairs committee will sign off on the draft [on the] 8th of March; and the heads of government will meet on the 15th of PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, Mia Mottley, during the closing news conference of the 46th regular meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government, held in Guyana from February 25–28, 2024, announced that the leaders had made the decision on Wednesday that they were on track to implement this action by March 31, 2024. This decision follows on a deadline that was established to conclude the process of enabling the free movement of CARICOM nationals, at the July 2023 Heads of Government Meeting convened in Trinidad and Tobago. Prime Minister Mottley elaborated: “There was just two policy issues referred to heads for us to settle and they will meet on the seventh of
March with the hope that we can sign off in time for the deadline given in Trinidad of the 31st of March for the free movement of people.” CARICOM nationals have the privilege to freely travel within
NO FATALITY IN PERUVIAN VALE ACCIDENT Kevin Lewis could count himself lucky.
by KENVILLE HORNE A LARGO HEIGHT MAN narrowly escaped death after the vehicle he was driving went over an embankment in Peruvian Vale. According to information from the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Kevin Lewis, a 40-yearold carpenter, was driving a Toyota Vitz RA-347 about 7 a.m. on Monday, 4th March, along the
Peruvian Vale public road in the direction of Argyle, when he lost control of the vehicle, which went over the embankment and into the sea. Lewis was the only occupant of the vehicle and when police arrived, he was found lying on his back. “He complained of pain in the neck and lower body. He was Continued on Page 3.
participating nations for engaging in lucrative commercial endeavours under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), which is Continued on Page 3.