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Dr. Joseph S. Archibald, QC

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 24, 2010 (CUOPM)

Prominent Kittitian-born jurist, Dr. Joseph S. Archibald QC  has been re-appointed for a second three-year term as a Member of the CARICOM Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission.

Chief Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice, The Right Honourable Mr. Justice de la Bastide TC, QC  in his capacity as Chairman of the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the CARICOM Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Commission made the appointment with effect from August 20, 2010.

The Commission appoints the Judges, and recommends the appointment of the Chief Justice, of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Members of the Commission, when travelling in the Caricom Region on Commission business, are granted privileges and immunities similar to those granted to Supreme Court Judges.

Dr. Archibald, a longtime resident of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, was jointly nominated by the Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Bar Association as required by the CARICOM Agreement.

Dr. Archibald is an International Lawyer who was called to the Bar as a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn in England fifty years ago in 1960 with a special Certificate in International Law; was appointed a Queen’s Counsel of the British Commonwealth thirty years ago in 1980; is a Member of the London Court of International Arbitrators; and is one of the three Patron Members of the Washington-based World Jurist Association.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
July 04, 2010 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ fourth-term Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil l. Douglas is among four Caribbean Heads of Government down to address Sunday’s formal opening of opening of the 31st annual summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Prime Minister Douglas, the Caribbean’s most senior head of government, will speak at the opening at the Cornwall Room in Half Moon Village, Jamaica alo`ng with Jamaica’s Prime Minister Hon. Bruce Golding, recently appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Kamla Persad- Bissessar and the Prime Minister of Dominica and outgoing chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Roosevelt Skerritt.

United Nations Secretary General His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, as well as the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Managing Director Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General, His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza are expected to be in attendance at the opening ceremony, scheduled for 4:45 pm.

CARICOM Secretary General, His Excellency Dr. Edward Carrington and the UN Secretay General are also scheduled to address the ceremony.

Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington listens keenly at yesterday morning’s working session of the 26th meeting of the Community Council of Ministers at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay. (Photo: JIS)

The meeting, which will get down to serious business at the nearby Rose Hall Hotel and Spa on Monday ends on Wednesday.

The reconstruction and the long-term development of Haiti, which was ravaged by an earthquake in January, will be one of the main agenda topics to be discussed at the conference, to be presided over by Golding.

Golding will assume the role of chairman of the regional grouping for the next six months, as His Excellency Réné Preval, the Haitian president who was slated to become chairman, opted not to do so because of the devastation of his country by the earthquake.

Dr. Carrington has said that Haiti’s destruction “demands that we all pitch in to bolster the efforts of the Haitian people.”

During the four-day conference, the UN, IMF and OAS heads will discuss with CARICOM leaders a range of issues, including the international financial system and its impact on Caricom states, the Millennium Development goals, climate change, crime and security.

Other important topics on the agenda are: progress in the implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy; update on the external trade negotiations and the region’s progress in light of the global economic and financial crisis.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
June 18, 2010 (SKNIS)

The Youth Desk of the CARICOM Secretariat and the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) is impressed with the work of youth groups in St. Kitts and Nevis implementing Round II of the Mini-Grant Progamme (MGP).

CARICOM Secretariat’s Deputy Programme Manager for Community Development (Youth), Dr. Heather Johnson, delivered that message on Tuesday (June 15), as she met with Permanent Secretary responsible for youth, Lloyd Lazar, CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) Ian Richards and Community Officer Terry Morris.

“We are impressed with the scope of the projects,” said Dr. Johnson, as she recounted the activities of the two projects being implemented locally. “We feel that there is some good work being done here and it comes at a critical time.”

The regional official highlighted that the projects are innovative in capturing the interest of young people using drama, song and dance. This youth friendly format should boost the impact of the knowledge sharing exercises.

This is evident in the initiative being implemented by the Community Leaders Advancing Molineux and Phillips’ (CLAMP) group. They successfully hosted an HIV/AIDS quiz contested by five churches in the area. Other ongoing activities include creating a safe play area for children that will display HIV/AIDS messages and an informational dispenser unit.

The CLAMP youth group will also stage a dramatization featuring scenarios related to the spread of the pandemic and how to avoid contracting the virus.

Youth representatives from the local Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Programme (CHLP) are implementing the second initiative under the PANCAP/CYA administered Mini-Grant Programme. The project focuses on educating young men about the dangers of HIV/AIDS with a view to promote behavioural change.

St. Kitts and Nevis participated in the first round of the MGP in 2005. Two projects were implemented by a coalition of youth groups at that time. In June 2007, the CARICOM Secretariat released an official review and assessment of the MGP which stated that St. Kitts and Nevis distinguished itself by having the best overall implementation in the region.

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