GUYANA SETS PACE ON ‘FREE MOVEMENT’ IN CARICOM….

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - FOREIGN MINISTER, Carolyn Rodriques-Birkett was evidently quite pleased in announcing last Thursday that Guyana has become ‘the first’ country of the 15-member Caribbean Community to successfully enact legislation that guarantees free intra-regional movement of CARICOM nationals consistent with the Revised Community Treaty. Among the more high profile Foreign Ministers of CARICOM, she has been quite active and successful in enlisting support from CARICOM and the Organisation of American States (OAS) for endorsement of the required anti-money laundering and countering funding of terrorism bill designed to save Guyana from being “blacklisted” by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF is the watchdog body that’s linked to the influential bloc of countries in the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and has been energetically involved in promoting cooperation with the government by the parliamentary opposition alliance, including visits to Guyana by officials of the Port-of-Spain-based Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (FATF).