Renewing confidence in CARICOM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - I F ALL goes well with the work programmes for two ministerial council meetings this week in Port of Spain, the people of the Caribbean Community should have a good idea of what to expect with top priority issues when the region’s Heads of Government gather in Trinidad and Tobago for their 34th summit in July. Yesterday the Community’s foreign ministers started their two-day meeting under the Council of Foreign and Community Relations at the Hilton. And by the time they conclude business today, the officials involved in representation on the Caricom Council of Ministers—the second highest organ of the Community—should be ready to start a day-long session tomorrow. Trinidad and Tobago will be very much in the news, regionally and beyond, over the coming weeks on matters involving Caricom’s trade and economic development, as well as diplomatic relations, while continuing with arrangements to host the July Caricom summit.