The Trade Policy Unit continues to assist Member states to prepare their positions for the CARICOM Canada negotiations. The Unit recently assisted member states to consult with relevant stakeholders on Cultural Co-operation and Innovation. Stakeholders were informed of the negotiating issues on these subjects in order to identify areas of concern and interest with respect to the Draft Texts. Their inputs were elicited on technical assistance, capacity building needs and priorities which should be taken into account in the ongoing negotiations for a Trade and Development Agreement with Canada. One-day consultations were held in Antigua/Barbuda, St. Kitts/Nevis and Dominica. Practitioners in the subject areas and public sector agencies which impact on the implementation of trade agreements participated in the meetings.
The information obtained from the sessions will be utilised to prepare an OECS position which will include priority areas for technical assistance in Culture and Innovation, co-operation activities for performing arts, publishing, and innovation and the categories of cultural professionals and practitioners that require training. The sessions were convened in collaboration with the respective Ministry of Trade and the CARICOM Office of Trade Negotiations and funding was provided by the Hub and Spokes Project. Consultations will be held in Saint Lucia and Grenada in May.
The CARICOM-Canada Trade and Development Agreement will contain the rules which will govern trade in goods, services and agriculture products between CARICOM and Canada.
Trade perspective to be included in development strategy and relations with other countries
The Trade Policy Unit submitted a chapter to be included in the revised OECS Development and Growth Strategy. The Unit provided information on the strategic objectives, targets, development gaps and short and medium term strategies. The OECS Growth and Development Strategy is a document that will provide the blue print for the region’s development for the next five years. It will be used by development partners, member governments, private sector, civil society and the Secretariat in order to get information on the OECS vision, strategies and programmes in areas such as education, health, manufacturing, agriculture, creative industries and environmental/sustainable development. The Strategy which is expected to be completed by 2013 will be submitted to Heads of Government for approval.
The Unit will provide information on OECS trade relations with Martinique and Guadeloupe which will be included in a dossier that will be submitted to Heads of Government in order to assist them in deciding how to pursue closer relations with the French outermost regions of Martinique and Guadeloupe. The French regions formally expressed an interest to become associate members of the OECS and this has been welcomed by the Heads of Government.
By LIBARDO CARDONA
Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – An alleged major Colombian drug trafficker whose paramilitary organization controls coastal and border smuggling routes surrendered to U.S. drug agents in Aruba and was flown to New York, where he faces criminal charges, Colombian authorities said Monday.
Colombian authorities said Javier Antonio Calle Serna was on their list of most wanted men
Jose Antonio Calle was indicted in New York’s Eastern District last year for the alleged international distribution of 25 metric tons of cocaine, money laundering, racketeering and murder, according to a news release the local U.S. attorney’s office issued at the time.
The U.S. government had a $5 million reward out for Calle, who deputy Colombian police director Gen. Jose Roberto Leon said turned himself in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents on Friday in Aruba, off the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in New York’s Eastern District, Robert Nardoza, said he could neither confirm nor deny Leon’s statement that Calle was flown to New York. Nor would Nardoza discuss why the indictment was not available in the U.S. federal court system’s online electronic database. The DEA also declined comment.
The 43-year-old Calle allegedly heads a violent cocaine-trafficking paramilitary force called “Los Rastrojos,” or The Leftovers.
His brother and alleged accomplice, Juan Carlos Calle, was captured in Ecuador in March and sent to the United States. A $5 million reward had also been offered for him by the U.S. State Department.
The Rastrojos emerged roughly a decade ago from the dissolution of Colombia’s Norte del Valle cartel, and allegedly shipped tons of cocaine northward through Mexico.
The brothers, originally hired guns for Norte del Valle bosses, gained the nickname the “Comba,” short for combatants, as their criminal gang expanded its influence over drug-trafficking routes, corrupting local officials and battling a rival offshoot of the cartel called the “Urabenos.”
The U.S. State Department said Javier Antonio Calle Serna has since 2005 allegedly run “Los Rastrojos” and “been linked to kidnappings, tortures, and assassinations in Colombia, Venezuela, and Panama.”
A former guerrilla fighter, he is believed associated with the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and its late nemesis, the far-right United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, both designated terrorist organizations by the U.S. government, the State Department says on its website.
Colombian police officials say drug traffickers often create alliances of convenience with the countries’ competing illegal armed groups, placing business over ideology.
The March 2011 U.S. press release announcing the indictment of Javier Antonio Calle along with nine other alleged members of Los Rastrojos said that in addition to partnering with Mexican drug cartels to ship cocaine from Colombia to the United States via Mexico, Venezuela and Central America, the organization levied a “tax” on other Colombia traffickers on drug shipments traveling through territory under its control.
That territory includes parts of Colombia’s Pacific coast and the border with Venezuela, Colombian police say. A recent study by the Nuevo Arco Iris think tank that Los Rastrojos coexist in the Colombia-Venezuela border region with criminal organizations including Mexico’s Zetas.
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Associated Press writer Frank Bajak contributed to this report from Lima, Peru
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
HAVANA (AP) — A railroad upgrade project in Cuba has trains traveling faster and that means more danger for careless motorists and pedestrians, authorities said Monday, reporting 33 collisions involving cars and 47 pedestrians hit last year.
An article in labor union newspaper Trabajadores did not say how many of the vehicular crashes were fatal, but 30 of the people hit by trains died. That alone was about 50 percent more than the 19 deaths from all train-related accidents reported the previous year.
The trend appears to be worsening, with 27 pedestrian accidents in just the first three months of 2012, including 10 fatalities.
This Caribbean island’s state-run media are mercifully free of grisly stories about crashes and violent crime that are common in newspapers elsewhere, and accidents generally go unreported until officials give a yearly tally.
But Trabajadores carried accounts of impatient and inattentive drivers being mowed down, including a motorcyclist who tried to race across the tracks and an animal cart that failed to stop for a passenger train.
Many crossings here lack descending barriers, and not all drivers come to a full stop and look both ways as they are supposed to.
Ronald Bofil, director of rail safety and inspection for the Ministry of Transportation, said a national campaign to overhaul Cuban railroads means the trains themselves are operating more safely, but efforts to improve signaling have not resulted in motorists reforming their own bad habits.
“On the tracks today, the (safety) measures must be extreme. With the current revitalization of the railways, the trains are gradually reaching greater velocities,” Bofil told Trabajadores. “Nevertheless, many drivers and pedestrians ignore the danger inherent in crossing train tracks even when they see the locomotive approaching.”
Bofil also said collisions with free-ranging cattle is a significant problem that joint efforts with the Agriculture Ministry has yet to solve.
He did not give numbers on incidents involving livestock.
The D.C. Caribbean Carnival has “modified its program,” organizers have announced — and in this case, “modified” means “decided to move to Maryland,” DCist first reported.
The parade had been planned for June 23-24. However, the Annual Pan Jam will now take place instead, with costume contests and live entertainment, including local steelbands, in Bladensburg, organizers said on their website.
You can find that event at the Crossroads Entertainment Complex (4103 Baltimore Ave., Bladensburg, Md.) starting at 3 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for kids age 12 and younger.
Then, during the weekend of July 14-15, you can check out a Caribbean parade — but the District’s parade will be rolling into the Charm City parade at Lake Clifton Park in Baltimore. The “new” event will be called the Baltimore/Washington One Caribbean Carnival.
The parade is set for Saturday, July 14 at noon, starting from 900 E. 33rd St., and traveling along Alameda Street to St. Lo Drive.
The festival at Lake Clifton Park features live entertainment, food and crafts vendors. It will run until 10 p.m. Saturday, with a $10 entrance fee, and on Sunday July 15, from noon to 9 p.m. with a $15 entrance fee.
Last month, a rumor circulated that the parade was canceled. D.C. parade organizers had been facing about $200,000 in debt to the city, and were battling the perception among some that the parade was dangerous.
Four people were shot at last year’s event, including innocent bystanders, and one person died when two men exchanged bullets along the parade route last year. Authorities said the incident was part of an inter-gang dispute.
In addition: “The parade has been carrying debt from at least 2010, and was forced to run along a shorter route last year to cut down on costs,” DCist reported in April.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Monday announced it seized 175 packages of pure cocaine and arrested 16 people charged with forming part of a drug trafficking network which operated between South America, Dominican Republic and Eastern Europe, to where it allegedly smuggled large amounts of narcotics.
The cocaine was found in the Caribbean Sea on board a sailboat crewed by nationals from the Ukraine, Austrian, Serbian, Venezuela, Granada, San Martin and Martinique, after six-month long investigation of the DNCD and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), revealed DNCD president Rolando Rosado.
“We’ve swepted up a narcotics trafficking network which took cocaine to East Europe using our country as a bridge. These arrests were possible because of the joint work by forces from several countries which set forth what we’ve denominated the `Maritime Barrier’ in the Caribbean zone,” he said, adding that agents from the Ukraine, Austria, Martinique and San Martin also took part.
Rosado the local arrests include the Ukrainians Iván Zanze and Urgakovic Zlatko, the Serb Nebojsa Gancanovic, as well as the Venezuelan Antonio Jose Parra, who allegedly received the cocaine prior to shipping it to Europe and were the Santo Domingo contacts of the dangerous `Triad’ network which operates in East Europe.
“That group of drug traffickers arrested in the country and those arrested on board the sailboat `Ichtys’ set up operations in the country to coordinate transactions, transport and transfer of Colombian cocaine, through Venezuela, to then ship to Europe,” Rosado said.
Source: Dominican Today
NEW YORK – The momentum is building to the most talked about Caribbean investment forum that brings together ministers of government with investors in New York City, the investment capital of the world.
Invest Caribbean Now 2012, which will honour world renowned business leader, Sir Richard Branson, is now less than 33 days away and tickets are in going fast for the June 6, 2012 emerging market meeting, set for 7:30 to 10 a.m. at the Marquis Ballroom of the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, organizers say.
Sir Richard Branson will be honored at Invest Caribbean Now 2012.
The power forum, a partnership between the Caribbean Tourism Organization, the regional tourism arm and digital media company, Hard Beat Communications, will see panelists addressing the question: “Is The Caribbean, The Next China, India Or Brazil?”
Invest Caribbean Now comes as Chinese investment in the Caribbean continues to boom in this free trade region that is politically stable and boosts attractive tax incentives, a highly literate work force and an established tourism market,and which the International Monetary Fund and World Bank forecast will see a 3.5 percent growth into 2013, higher than those of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and similar to those of East Asia.
“If you are a private equity investor, investment banker, financier, real estate developer, hotel chain executive, lawyers, architect or entrepreneur,looking to grow your money and do business in an emerging market that is on the up and up, then this is a can’t miss event,” said Felicia Persaud, co-convener of Invest Caribbean Now and CEO of Hard Beat. “To book last minute seats to the event log on now to InvestCaribbeanNow.com.”
Panellists for the annual power forum this June include feature Chairman of Blue Equity, Jonathan Blue; President and co-founder of Solamon Energy Corp, Jay Yeo and Lisa Lake, the chief development director of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship – Caribbean; Hon. Ricky Skerritt, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization and Minister of Tourism & International Transport of St. Kitts & Nevis and an official of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration.
Blue, who already invests in the Caribbean, commented: “Our initial entry in the Caribbean market has led us to more progressive and larger scale opportunities in which we are investing or are continuing to evaluate. We look forward to expanding our Caribbean presence in the very near future.”
“The Caribbean region is rich in entrepreneurial spirit and in opportunities to grow the economy. Tourism has sustained this region for many years. We now need to develop and add diversity to the market by investing in the skills of entrepreneurs in the Caribbean and to help them scale their businesses and employ people while to competing in a global market,” Lake added.
The forum will also include an interactive question and answer segment as well as a one hour match making/networking session to allow for attendees to do business.
Invest Caribbean Now 2012 sponsors include La Chambre Consulaire Interprofessionnelle de Saint-Martin, (CCISM) andOne Caribbean Television while supporting sponsors are the PR Newswire, WSEE TV, CaribPR Wire, News Americas Now, Damoola Inc., The Museum of American Finance and The Affiliated Lawyers of the Americas.
Additional information on the event can be found at InvestCaribbeanNow.com, the event’s pages on Facebook at: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PEOPLE/INVEST-CARIBBEAN/100002110419705 AND on Twitter at HTTP://TWITTER.COM/INVESTINGCARIB. When tweeting about this event, use #InvestCarib.
(May 7, 2012) Faculty Members of Caribbean Medical University and the school’s Administration will be having a student orientation on May 7 at 9:00 am. The orientation will be held to welcome new students and provide onsite assistance.
Caribbean Medical University will be having its Student Orientation this coming May 7, 2012 at 9:00 am. This is one of the events of the school to help new students and provide assistance and information about the school. The orientation day will challenge and encourage the new students to find out more about their selves, meet new people and explore the campus and the surrounding area.
It is said that orientation is one of the most important events of a school especially for new students. This is one way of providing more information about the school. It is also said that for a student, attendance is a must when it comes to orientation. Attending a school orientation shows that a student is really serious about going on the University.
Caribbean Medical University is doing this every year. As a matter of fact, many colleges and universities are also doing the same thing. There are a lot of Caribbean medical schools and CMU is one of the top Caribbean medical schools.
CMU provided a schedule of events for the upcoming freshmen to the university. For the first hour of the orientation, the new students will be advised to check in at the campus. The school encourages the new students to attend the orientation so they can have an idea on what to expect on the school. After that, there will be a general orientation from 10 am to 12 pm. It will included faculty and staff introduction, giving of class schedules and class locations, the different instructions for immigration and student IDs, holidays, half days, general school policies, Curacao general info, dorm and bus schedules, welcome party and white coat ceremony information, AMSA info and sign up and SGA Welcome.
It is the main reason to attend the orientation. Missing the school orientation is like slipping the chance to have a good start on their first year on the university. After the general orientation, there will be a one hour lunch break. There will be a pizza buffet provided by CMU. The next hour will be Medical School Study Seminar with Dr. Jackson. From 2 pm to 4pm, the new students will have a bus tour. They will be brought down town and check out some of the various island highlights. They will also be brought to supermarkets and shopping centers.
During the orientation, there will also be a 2-hour personal time given to the new students to explore the school grounds. On 6pm, there will be some evening activities on the university. As one of the best Caribbean medical school, the goal of the school is to provide the best written information to enable their students to make informed and factual decisions. The faculty and administration of the university is encouraging the students to ask for more information about the orientation if they have any inquiries.
Roman Catholic Bishops in the Caribbean have joined growing international concern about an amnesty law that could stop a trial of Suriname President Desi Bouterse and several of his associates for their alleged involvement in the killing of 15 political opponents almost three decades ago.
The Annual Plenary Meeting of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) expressed concern about the April 4 amendment to the 1992 Amnesty Act.
“The Roman Catholic Bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference note with concern the adoption by the National Assembly of Suriname of an amendment to the 1992 Amnesty Law which could have a direct impact on the trial of the current President and other co-defendants for their alleged involvement in the extra-judicial execution of 15 political opponents in December 1982, and any other trials that might seek justice in cases of human rights violations committed during the period covered by the amnesty law,” said the statement by the Bishops of the Dutch, French and English-speaking Caribbean after their just concluded meeting in Guyana.
The Bishops stopped short of saying that Suriname’s courts should find a way to still press ahead with the trial of Bouterse and 24 others before a military court.
“The AEC bishops, at their Annual Plenary Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, join many other international human rights and religious groups in urging that the judiciary of Suriname continue to fulfill its obligation to uphold human rights law and assures the people and church in Suriname of the prayerful support of the AEC as they seek development, peace and justice in their country,” the Bishops added.
The Roman Catholic Bishops’ concerns follow those by several international human rights organisations and The Netherlands, Suriname’s former colonial power, which has already suspended financial aid to the South American country.
President Bouterse has, however, hailed the amnesty as the mark of a new beginning in healing the nation.
The amendment, passed by the National Assembly in a 28-12 vote on April 4 and signed into law two days later, extends the amnesty period from between 1985 and 1989 to between 1980 and 1992.Bouterse was the country’s military ruler in 1982 at the time of the killings.
“The new amnesty law denies the families of victims their right to justice, truth and reparation. It will also prevent any future investigations into complaints of crimes under international law and gross human rights violations committed between 1980 and 1992,” Amnesty International has noted.
Source: Written by Demerara Waves
NEW YORK – Confirmed speakers for the plenary session at the National Association of Caribbean-American Journalists (NACAJ) third bi-ennial conference include a veteran publisher, a politician and an international public servant.
The plenary speakers are Herman Hall, editor and publisher of Everybody’s Caribbean-American magazine; Elsie Foster-Dublin, council president of Highland Park, New Jersey; Editor in Chief of Caribbean Life newspapers, Founding Editor and Publisher of The Hartford Guardian Ann-Marie Adams, and Ambassador Denis Antoine
NACAJ’s regional meeting will be at The New York Times’ headquarters in New York City on June 1, 2012. The theme is “Styling Caribbean Identities: Reclaiming the Past, Building the Future.” A reception will be held on May 31.
The two-day conference includes the John Russworm Excellence Award luncheon June 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1: 30 p.m., and will convene journalists, scholars, and community advocates from the Caribbean and the United States, especially from New York, Washington D.C., New Jersey and Connecticut.
The New York Times Dec. 5th 2011 article “Drop a bomb and wipe them all out” served as a rallying cry for some Caribbean-Americans to voice concerns about the New York Police Department’s conduct in their community. But unfortunately, the story is not new. The luncheon plenary will examine the aftermath of the story and discuss ways to keep the community and the NYPD accountable.
Besides the plenary session, the regional conference will hold workshops on watchdogging government at all levels in the Caribbean and the Diaspora in the US and new media. Presenters and attendees include journalists from The New York Times, New York Daily News, The Hartford Guardian, Everybody’s Caribbean-American Magazine, Caribbean Life newspapers and other regional publications. Investigative Reporters and Editors will conduct the better watchdog workshop.
About 50 local and international journalists are expected to attend the professional workshops, plenary session and Russworm Excellence Award luncheon.
Founded in June 2007, the National Association of Caribbean-American Journalists is a non-profit organization based in the U.S.A. for Caribbean-American journalists, journalism professors, public relations professionals and students. NACAJ provides ongoing professional educational and networking opportunities for members and advocates visibility for regional and diasporic issues.
Miami, FL – Fashion Designers Expo, on its 8th spectacular season, hosts its highly anticipated Fashion Week once again here in Miami on May 9-11. Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach will the first stop for FDE as they host “No Excuses Unveiled,” the official launch of Outside the Huddle Foundation founded by NFL Player Kennard Cox. The opening celebration on Wednesday May 9 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach is the place to be with the “who’s who” in Miami attending; Adriana de Moura of The Real Housewives of Miami, Celebrity Designer Tanya Marie, Retired All-Pro Running Back Fred Taylor of Jacksonville Jaguars + New England Patriots, to mention a few.
Special guest for the week also includes Annaliese Dayes currently on the new season of America’s Next Top Model- British Invasion airing on CW. Models wearing couture gowns by Yasser Farraco and Ocean Drive Shoes will grace the Lapis Pool Deck with the guests at Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel. Enjoy the sounds of Mona Music Group’s M2G throughout FDE Week!
FDE Week continues through to the main event on Friday May 11th at Hilton Downtown Miami with its fierce Runway Shows. Fashion Designers Expo is where the emerging industry comes together to put on an amazing production featuring the best of the best rising talent from all over the world; Models, Designers, Make Up Artists, Hair Stylists, Show Coordinators, etc. It’s the hub for “Who’s NEW” and “Who’s NEXT” in our Fashion World. Press, Media, Buyers, Investors, look no further. You want to know where you’ll find the next big star? Come to FDE Week!
Top emerging designers will hit the runway to reveal their latest innovations including young designer Jordan Powell. Doctors once advised his parents that they would have to embrace the possibility of learning sign language and that he fell within the Autism spectrum. Through much intervention, Jordan was able to express himself more than just verbally. He is an artist and his voice is reflected in his artwork. On May 11th, Jordan will debut his J’Rod Designs for the first time on the runway at Fashion Designers Expo. Also hitting the FDE runway is Fransisco Azucar, Jennafer Ashley Swimwear, and Stacy Lawes International, Young Fresh Society by Royallayn, Abnormal Ariginals, Bella Fashion Designs, and Ki’veah.
FDE Week will also host the official launch of Outside the Huddle Foundation, Inc. founded by NFL Player Kennard Cox to Let the Runway Meet the Cause. Kids from the organization as well as from the community will rip the runway in honor of the OTH.
“I’m not just teaching kids how to tackle on the field but how to tackle life.” – Kennard D. Cox
Schedule
May 9th Wednesday
Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel @Lapis Pool Deck 6pm-9pm
4441 Collins Ave Miami Beach
“No Excuses Unveiled”
The Official Launch of
Outside the Huddle Foundation, Inc.
Purchase Tickets Online Here
May 10th Thursday
Gryphon|Pangaea Nightclub @Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
FDE Signature Model Party 11pn Sponsored by The Majestic Group
RSVP to dwood.fde@gmail.com
May 11th Friday
Hilton Downtown Miami
1601 Biscayne Boulevard | Miami, FL 33132
Fashion Designers Expo presents their spectacular Runway Show to Let the Runway Meet the Cause for Outside the Huddle Foundation
Purchase Tickets Online Here
FDE Official After Party @Club Play South Beach
Sponsors
Venues: Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach, Hilton Downtown Miami, Bella Fashion Showroom
Event: Outside the Huddle Foundation, AVER Productions, and Allezom International Magazine
Special thanks to Brock Entertainment Group
About Fashion Designers Expo
Fashion Designers Expo is an exciting Internationally Cultured Fashion Production Company designed to show the world new fashion superstars, showcasing the best new talent from all over the world. FDE offers the excitement and exposure that rising fashion talents need to bring their dreams to reality. From extravagant runway shows to lavish parties, FDE is committed to showcasing REAL fashion by keeping its runway freshly filled with Models and Designers representing ALL cultures from around the world.
About Outside the Huddle Foundation, Inc.
Kennard Cox of the NFL Seattle Seahawks launched his nonprofit organization, Outside the Huddle Foundation Inc., based in Miami, FL to enhance the quality of life for youth and families through the promotion of academics, athletics, and mentoring which will encourage them to see challenges as possibilities, not as personal obstacles.
“I’m not just teaching kids how to tackle on the field but how to tackle life.”
- Kennard D. Cox
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