IT IS not by chance that the University of the West Indies (UWI) has been chosen as the venue for the symbolic signing of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), which will take place in late January. The fact is that both institutions share a symbolic relationship.In 1965, when the leaders of Barbados, British Guiana and Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement in Dickensen Bay, Antigua to establish the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), it was the UWI, which began three studies on the feasibility of integration, specifically on regional trade and economic development. More

The Customs agencies of the Dominican Republic and Belize will register their citizens’ information, as part of a pilot project for an international database designed by the Organization of American States (OAS). The project will allow the other country to obtain details about the individuals’ background easily. More

Youth communities around the world are often being marginalized for political, societal and ethnic reasons. In the first installment of this two-part series, Mark Hamilton suggests that the insecurities of young people often act as a catalyst for conflict situations. He also argues that there is a need for more engagement of youth concerns in the global community. More

The global population is higher than the Earth can sustain, argues the Director of the British Antarctic Survey in the first of a series of environmental opinion pieces on the BBC News website entitled The Green Room. Solving environmental problems such as climate change is going to be impossible without tackling the issue, he says. More

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