Several West Indians To Be Honored At CARICOM Summit

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A number of prominent West Indians will be honoured at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Summit which takes place in Antigua, and Barbuda starting Tuesday.

CARICOM’s most prestigious award – the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) - will be bestowed on noted novelist and social commentator George Lamming, cricket legend Brian Lara, prominent educator and exponent of West Indian culture Rex Nettleford and the highly respected jurist Nicholas Liverpool.

Jamaican educator, Professor Barbara Bailey, has also been chosen as the recipient of the community’s Triennial Award for Women for her sterling contribution to national and regional development, especially in the field of education and research.

A statement from the CARICOM Secretariat said that the awards will be conferred on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the 29th Meeting of Heads of Government.

Professor Bailey, who is University Director of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona will be the second Jamaican to receive this honor and will join the ranks of eight other outstanding women who have received the award since its inception in 1983.

"She has for many years been at the forefront of advocacy for gender equality and equity through her teaching and research activities," the release stated.

Heads of Government to address the opening ceremony will be outgoing community Chairman, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, of The Bahamas; incoming new Chairman and Summit host Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, of Antigua and Barbuda; the newest Prime Minister, Belize's Dean Barrow; Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding and the President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo.

Secretary General of the community, Edwin Carrington, will also address the gathering.

During the four-day summit Caribbean leaders will deal with a number of issues such as rising food and energy prices, regional security and the Economic Partnership Agreement which is to be signed by the Caribbean and Europe.

They are also expected to address the position adopted by Britain in preventing Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory, and a full fledge CARICOM member from participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

 

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