“He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.” It’s one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” his address to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968. And it was born on the tiny island […]
Above: Daniela Tramacere and FM Dr Surujrattan Rambachan By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Foreign Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan met last week with Daniela Tramacere, the newly-appointed European Union Charge D’Affaires to Trinidad. Rambachan expressed his desire to continue the “robust” relationship he had enjoyed with Tramacere’s predecessor. The two sides discussed the proposed official […]
Above: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar shaking hands with Minister of Energy of Panama, Juan Manuel Urriola Tam. Others in photo are Larry Howai, CEO of First Citizens Bank Group; Lindsay Gillette, Chairman of Petrotrin; Ambassador Arline Gonzales Costa, Kevin Ramnarine, Minister of Energy; Neil Gosine, Chairman of NP and Dr Surujrattan Rambachan, Minister of Foreign […]
Above: Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Foreign Minster Dr Surujrattan Rambachan called for the UN to recruit more women as mediators, especially from small island developing states like those in the Caribbean, saying that women must play a key role in conflict resolution and prevention. Rambachan was speaking […]
