AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoCARICOM Summit Fallout: St. Lucia opened the 51st CARICOM Heads of Government meeting with calls for unity, but the agenda is dominated by the Barnett reappointment row—St. Kitts and Nevis PM Terrance Drew urged leaders to attend key decisions, while Trinidad and Tobago is expected to press again on alleged transparency issues around Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett. Regional Governance: Professor Rajendra Ramlogan is pushing for the dispute to be taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice, as leaders weigh how to resolve disagreements “in-house” rather than in public. Humanitarian Response: Guyana’s PM Mark Phillips says 88 containers of disaster relief are ready for shipment to Venezuela, with donations including St. Kitts and Nevis. Local Infrastructure & Jobs: St. Kitts broke ground on a new cruise terminal at Port Zante, targeting cruise home-porting by 2027; Nevis also began its airport expansion at VAIA, with a runway extension and new facilities. Public Service & Policy: St. Kitts published a step-by-step biometric enrolment guide for passport modernisation, with enrolment required by 31 July 2027.
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