Economic Resilience

To establish a new strategic partnership between the countries of the Caribbean and the United Kingdom to promote prosperity and build economic resilience through the development of practical mechanisms which will enhance growth in investment, employment, production and trade opportunities to the benefit of the Caribbean and the UK;

Roseau - Jan. 11, 2012 - (dominicanewsonline.com): The judgement stated clearly that both petitions were dismissed because the petitioners had failed to establish their case, that as pertained to PM Skerrit, that they had failed to prove that he had become a French citizen of his own free will.  A relieved Skerrit, speaking from his office after the case (he was not in court for the judgement), insisted that he had not denied having French citizenship, but made it clear that it was something obtained for him as a child by his mother

We, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; the Commonwealth of Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Grenada; the Coo-operative Republic of Guyana; the Republic of Haiti; Jamaica; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the Republic of Suriname; the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; and the United States of America,  jointly pledge to work together in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect to – strengthen the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) security structure and institutions, such as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), and improve ties between CARICOM and the Dominican Republic...