Inside Is Caribbean Today’S Special 15-Member Caricom Group, Outlining His Priorities As Supplement, Marking Jamaica’S 52Nd Incoming Chairman
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PRESORTED JULy 2014 STANDARD ® U.S. POSTAGE PAID MIAMI, FL PERMIT NO. 7315 Tel: (305) 238-2868 1-800-605-7516 [email protected] [email protected] We cover your world Vol. 25 No. 8 www.caribbeantoday.com THE MULTI AWARD WINNING NEWS MAGAZINE WITH THE LARGEST PROVEN CIRCULATION IN FLORIDA GUARANTEED On his last day in office Thursday, United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt, took time to address the recent verbal assault unleashed on him by Guyana’s Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and the country’s acting minister of foreign affairs. Page 11A Haitian Prime Minister embarks on an ambitious plan to become an “emerging coun - try” by 2030. Page 2A Newly elected Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, addresses the InsIde Is CarIbbean Today’s speCIal 15-member Caricom group, outlining his priorities as supplemenT, markIng JamaICa’s 52nd incoming chairman. Page 7A annIversary of IndependenCe. INSIDE News ........................................................2A Bahamas ................................................12A Health ....................................................16A Feature ......................................................7A Entertainment ........................................13A Classifieds ............................................17A Viewpoint ................................................9A Food ........................................................14A Sports ......................................................18A Read CaRibbean Today onLine aT CaRibbeanToday.Com 2A • CARIBBEAN TODAY • JULY 2014 NEWS Haiti outlines three year program for socio-economic development WASHINGTON, - Haiti is development plan “is designed the population, especially its He said the three-year pro - embarking upon a development to make Haiti an emerging most impoverished segments, gramme “constitutes a guide plan that is aimed at making it country by 2030”. and more accountable and fair for including Haiti in the inter - an “emerging country by 2030,” Haiti is recovering from a to our people”. national trade circuit and thus Prime Minister Laurent devastating earthquake in 2010 Lamothe said that the enabling it to play its deserved Salvador Lamothe has said. that killed an estimated 300,000 three-year programme is based role in the Caribbean” and that The country has developed people and left more than a “ on a frank and honest inter - it “studies the environment a three year investment pro - million others homesless. In pretation of our situation and that needs to be built if Haiti is gramme with assistance from addition, the 7.0 quake the recent accomplishments of to move away from reliance on the World bank and the destroyed much of the French- our government. international aid and gradually International Monetary Fund speaking Caribbean “It incorporates traditional improve the living conditions in (IMF) that is designed to Community (CARICOM) factors of economic growth and the country. “achieve accelerated, balanced country’s infrastructure. poverty reduction to maintain “It describes the ways and economic growth and poverty Lamothe described the Lamothe our economic, social, and polit - means to make Haiti an emerg - reduction”. plan as “our long-term road ical stability, and combines ing country in the next 20 Prime Minister Lamothe map for bringing about a last - woman, and child”. them with innovative years, taking into account the said that the 2014-2016 project ing and significant improve - He said that reforming approaches .., on regional many challenges facing us: is part of the strategy Haiti is ment in the quality of life and Haiti would be on the basis of restructuring and development, major risks, environmental developing as it embarks upon standard of living of the peo - four sustainable development the economic partners needed, deterioration, poverty, social a “path of change” and that the ple, of every Haitian man, pillars including economic social redistribution, and good inequalities, endemic unem - reform and reconstruction, to government, aimed at acceler - ployment, a huge informal be achieved through strong ating the pace of our develop - market, a fragile central gov - economic growth, “based on an ment. ernment and weak local and increase in our farming, manu - “More specifically, this doc - regional governments.” facturing, and tourism poten - ument describes the guidelines, Lamothe said that Haiti’s tial, the creation of businesses, choices, and projects to be development partners and and foreign direct investment” implemented for rapid and sus - donors in the international as well as regional develop - tainable economic growth, community have an important ment and planning through a designed to maximize job cre - part to play “in our efforts to balanced development of the ation, reduce poverty in all of its attain our objectives and in the territory and careful manage - manifestations, and build a development and reconstruc - ment of the natural resources large, solid middle class, for a tion of our country”. and biodiversity. balanced distribution of the pro - He said the 2014-2016 He said the social reform ceeds of growth throughout the Three-Year Investment exercise would utilise “our country, and for establishing the Programme and its framework resources for the development rule of law to ensure justice and will enable them to place their of all, with a focus on social security for all.” participation in the context of a cohesion, solidarity among He said the project also pre-established whole, thus regions and social groups, and details priority projects to be ensuring greater efficiency and the preservation of our cultural implemented in the short run sustainability. identity” and reforming the to put the country squarely on government institutions and the path of reform, while main - - Edited from CMC. departments, “to make them taining and expanding recent Æ more attentive to the needs of social gains. Minister calls for cooperation on rum fight with US BRIDGETOWN, Barbado - Islands that enter the United and understand the importance Trade, Industry and Commerce States market with a competi - of solidarity on key matters,” Minister, Donville Inniss, has tive edge over the product from Inniss said. compared the current trade the rest of the Caribbean. “We are facing it with the issue with the United States But Inniss said on televi - banana issue, today we are fac - over rum to the banana strug - sion on Monday that his gov - ing it with the rum issue. I as a gle of the 90s , and criticised ernment's efforts at forming a politician in this region am total - regional leaders for lack of sup - united CARICM front to lobby ly embarrassed with the lack of port in the effort. for changes to the unfair trade interest on the part of the Millions of dollars and condition has not yielded region,” he added. “Stop the thousands of jobs have been responses from other regional dress-up in expensive suits and put at stake for Caribbean leaders. the fancy foods and face reali - Community (CARICOM) “It it time that they face a ties.” workers and rum producers as bit of realty. It is time that Caribbean countries have the US continues to place mas - prime ministers in the region in the past reiterated the need sive subsidies on rum made in really get out of their lofty for an amicable solution to the Puerto Rico and the US Virgin offices, get out on the streets rum dispute with the United States. The regional countries say they are determined to seek a satisfactory solution to the matter of trade-distorting subsi - dies being granted to the USVI and Puerto Rico rum producers that threaten the long-term via - bility of the rum industry in the Caribbean. In December 2012, the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) said the region was having 'serious concerns' regarding the competitiveness of Caribbean rum in the United States. - Edited from CMC. Æ CARIBBEAN TODAY • JULY 2014• 3A WE SHARE OUR HOPES WITH YOU EVERY DAY. MIAMI, NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO SHARE YOUR HOPES WITH US. msnbc.com/growinghope InIn MiamiMiami 4A • CARIBBEAN TODAY • JULY 2014 NEWS Caribbean American congresswoman wants redesign of immigration process NEW YORK - Caribbean El Salvadoran immigrant, Court of Appeals for the failed to speak clearly, refer - American Congresswoman Rosalina Cuellar de Osorio, Ninth Circuit, in San ring to the 2002 law that per - Yvette D. Clarke is calling for who migrated in 1998 with her Francisco, California, it mits “aged-out” children to the redesign of the immigra - 13-year-old son. reversed the decision. hold on to their child status, or tion process in the wake of a After years of waiting, her The Appeals Court said their initial ?priority date? for United States Supreme Court son turned 21. The immigra - that the 2002 law provided consideration in the immigra - ruling that Caribbean immi - tion administrative tribunal that children listed on their tion system, after they turn 21. grant children who lost their ruled that when he turned 21, parents? green card applica - She also wrote that an places in the slow-moving he lost his place in the line for tions would automatically be administrative immigration tri - immigration system could not permanent residence and converted to another category bunal’s 2008 interpretation of be given special priority. would have to start over. when they turned 21. The the 2002 law “benefits from “We need to redesign the But the family challenged Obama administration administrative simplicity and process to work efficiently,