Premier attends CARICOM Conference in Jamaica
Dr Natalio Wheatley is attending the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The meeting runs from July 6 to 8 and is being chaired by the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness. It focuses on regional security, food and nutrition security, and climate change under the theme, “People, Partnerships, Property: Promoting a Secure and Sustainable Future.”
Dr Wheatley said the Virgin Islands remains committed to regional collaboration. “We are happy to collaborate with our Caribbean neighbours, so that together we can find solutions to food security and the concerns of climate change, topics which are so important in our agenda of priority matters,” he stated.
“This partnership affords us the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn from other countries about what they are doing to improve these areas,” Dr Wheatley explained.
During his absence from July 5 to 9, Communication and Works Minister Kye Rymer has been appointed to act as Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sustainable Development, and Minister for Financial Services, Economic Development and Digital Transformation.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change Julian Fraser is also away during the same period.
The BVI government said it remains committed to the overall development of the territory through collaboration with other countries.
CARICOM meetings have given the Virgin Islands a platform to engage on regional strategies in education, energy resilience, and disaster response, particularly following hurricanes Irma and Maria. The BVI holds Associate Member status in CARICOM, which allows it to participate in policy discussions, although it does not have voting rights.
This year’s meeting is expected to set a roadmap for collective action on key challenges facing the Caribbean region, including the rising cost of food, the impact of climate change on small island states, and regional crime prevention.
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That’s all he good for. Travel at our expense with no results.
What! No complaints!
Lodger, no complaints needed. Them Jam down Pan Africanist will knock that colonial master stuff right our of his head. And that’s the truth.
WE LIVE IN THE HOLY LAND / SO WHAT DO WE NEED THEM FOR ? THE WIGGED ONE & CSC DON’T WANT THEM HERE / THEY SAY THEM TEKING OUR JOBS & THIEFING ALL OF OUR LANDS – SO WHY WE WASTING OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY TO GO AMONGST THEM FOR ? DIDN’T WE GIVE ” VIBES KARTEL ” MORE THAN ENOUGH ALREADY? ( CSC SUPPOSED TO ORGANIZE SOME OF THOSE SOPHISTICATED BARGES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF JUDGE WIGGIE WHO WILL SUPPLY THE DOLLARS FOR THE ” FREE TRIP BACK TO ALYO ISLAND WHERE YA’AL COME FRON ” AND GOOD RIDDANCE
Drug and crime infested holy land…. Thank God I took what that place had to offer and bounce when there wasn’t anything else to gain…. You people continue to be mad that the inbreeding situation is improving granted your women are not particularly beautiful unless they are mixed with some island people
No man is an island no man stands alone . Unity is power !
@ DEM ISLAND PEAPLE YOU ARE AN IGRUNANT FOOLISH BLIND JACK ASS THE WHITE MAN IS WHO COME HERE AND BUY UP ALL THE PROPERTY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESERVE FOR OUR LOCAL GENERATION EG. NORMAN ISLAND AND A FEW MORE
THAT FELLOW IS JUST DOING AN ACTING JOB , SO HE’S ONLY TRYING AH TING ON WE , AND HOPE WE SWALLOW IT / BOYZ WILL BE BOYZ , AND WHEN THEIR INCOMPETENCE O6AND OR NEGLIGENCE GETS EXPOSED , THEY ALWAYS GOT AN EXCUSE AS * PLAN – B * TO COVER THEIR TRACKS , IN THIS CASE ( UNAWARE ) IS USED AS A LAME EXCUSE TO WIGGLE HIS WAY OUT OF THIS SENIERIO / TALK IS CHEAP AND FREE / BUT WE AIN’T BUYING IT / HEY KYE KYE WHERE YOU AT BRO ? WE HEAR YOU HOLLERING OUT FROM INSIDE THE BUSHES BUT WE AIN’T SEEING YOU
MAybe if we spent $1,000,000,000.00 on extending the runway we could finally get direct flights to Jamaica. Ha ha.
It is not much money after all.
VIslanders have hardly noticed the disappearance of $3,000,000,000.00 ($3Billion) over the last 8 years. Who going to miss another $1,000,000,000.
Of course we won’t end up with a runway extention, but this time we may notice the $1,000,000,000.00 debt.
But we still wont be able to fly direct to Jamaica.
Lesson number 1.
We were a part of the Federation of the West Indies.
The big WI countries broke up the Federation because it was believed that the small island people would have migrated to the big islands and become a liability to the big islands. Table turned, and the small islands economy booming. We have 150 different nationalities here including from the 4 big Caribbean states. Pray for our country.
Prime Minister Holness, drop the King. Get up stand up be a man. We with you all the way. Make us proud.
Nothing good can come
Of thus…aligning with Jamaica is a noose around our e our neck to end our already wavering existence.Jamaica is bad Company.
Natalio:
Airmiles and zero results.
I’ve always maintained that we do not have racism in the Caribbean, but we do have tribalism.
You are out of touch with reality and truth Roger.
The two things Jamaica wants from the smaller islands are, send us their people and products