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Antigua House Passes Basseterre Treaty
Above: the Antiguan Parliament (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s Lower House of Parliament passed the Revised Treaty of Basseterre yesterday, establishing the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Economic Union Act 2011. The revised treaty creates a single […]
Eastern Caribbean Ministers Talk Environmental Sustainability in Tortola
Above: Tortola (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Environment Ministers from across the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are meeting this week in Tortola to discuss environmental sustainability. The summit is the first-ever meeting of its kind since the […]
OECS Launches Economic Affairs Council
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States has officially established its new Economic Affairs Council. The council, which was launched in a ceremony in St Lucia last Thursday, aims to “assist in ensuring […]
OECS Regional Assembly to Hold First Sitting Next Week
Above: the OECS Regional Assembly in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Assembly will hold its first official sitting on Tuesday. The regional assembly, consists of a group of appointed government and opposition Parliamentarians […]
Can Haiti Jumpstart CARICOM?
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — At the end of last month, former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson told a meeting of the Rotary Club in Georgetown, Guyana that CARICOM was on life support. The Caribbean must […]
Inaugural Session of OECS Assembly Meets in Antigua and Barbuda
Above: Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda By the Caribbean Journal staff In an event with significant implications for the Eastern Caribbean, the OECS Assembly began its first-ever meeting Friday in Antigua. The session is featuring addresses by Antigua Prime Minister […]
OECS Assembly to Meet Aug. 10
By the Caribbean Journal staff The new OECS Assembly, which was initially slated to hold its first meeting in the middle of this month, will be inaugurated Aug. 10. This was disclosed at the 55th meeting of the OECS Heads […]
Antigua’s Opposition Talks OECS Union
By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Gaston Browne, and Member of Parliament Molwyn Joseph attended a one-day meeting on the OECS Economic Union Friday. The two lawmakers, who were joined by their college of opposition […]
British Virgin Islands Weighing Options on OECS Economic Union
Above: Scrub Island in the BVI By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands is in the process of weighing how closely it would like to be tied to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. The British Virgin Islands […]
OECS Regional Assembly Moves Forward
Above: St John’s, Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The inaugural session of the OECS Regional Assembly is on track to be held in Antigua on June 15. The new regional assembly, whose convention was decided at the 54th Meeting […]
Term Limits for OECS Officials?
Above: the Antiguan Parliament Antiguan Sen. Joanne Massiah told her country’s Upper House this week that term limits should be compulsory for those appointed to head the OECS and other regional institutions. The senator, who is a member of the […]
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