The Government of Montserrat is taking steps to regularise employment opportunities for CARICOM nationals in that country. The following outlines the procedures to be followed by suitably qualified CARICOM nationals seeking employment in Montserrat.
In recent times, nationals of several overseas countries arriving in Montserrat to access employment opportunities, have been refused entry because they do not fulfil entry requirements.
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Kenny D Anthony is scheduled to arrive in Guyana on Sunday, September 13 for a one-day visit.
The purpose of Dr Anthony's visit is to met with the parties who are signatories to the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement, the two CARICOM-brokered documents which set out the way forward for Guyana following post-December 15 general election unrest.
The Second Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee comprising Hon. Ministers responsible for Legal Affairs and Attorneys-General of the Caribbean Community was convened in Nassau, The Bahamas from 7-10 September 1998. The Welcome Address was delivered by the Honourable Tennyson Wells, Attorney-General of The Bahamas and incoming Chairman of the Committee. The Hon. David Simmons, Q.C., M.P., Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs of Barbados replied on behalf of the Regional Attorneys-General and Ministers of Legal Affairs.
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines the Rt Hon Sir James Mitchell and the Prime Minister of Dominica, the Hon Edison James are in St Kitts/Nevis holding discussions with the principals involved in the secession issue.
The CARICOM Secretariat in conjunction with the Caribbean Export Development Agency will be mounting a three-day workshop on Trade-in-Services at the Caribee Hotel, Barbados from Wednesday, September 9, 1998.
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Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Forum of ACP States(CARIFORUM), the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and leaders of elegation of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines;
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and their Secretariats met in Durban South Africa on 1st September 1998.
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed on August 22, 1998 between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic will establish a Free Trade Area composed of 14 million people when it comes into effect.
The FTA will come into effect either on January 1, 1999 or upon completion of a plan of action scheduled to be completed ninety days after the signing of the Agreement. Both parties will then take the necessary administrative and legal action to give effect to the Agreement.
CARICOM's Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake is hopeful that the Regional private sector will take full advantage of opportunities provided under Free Trade Agreements entered into between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other countries, and groupings.
Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meet on Tuesday September 1, 1998 in Durban South Africa.
The meeting, which is taking place against the backdrop of the 12th Non-Aligned Summit in progress in Durban, has been convened to facilitate co-operation between the two Regions. This meeting was one of two suggested by His Excellency the President of South Africa Nelson Mandela during his discussions with CARICOM Heads of Government during the recent XIX Meeting of the Conference in St Lucia.