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Dr Carla Natalie Barnett was confirmed as the 8th CARICOM Secretary-General during a virtual Special Session by Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday.
Barnett, a national of Belize, is the first woman and the first Belizean to be selected for the post. She will replace Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, who is completing his second term, and will assume office on August 15, 2021.
Heads of Government in congratulating Barnett on her selection, recognised the historic moment for the Community.
A former Deputy Secretary General of CARICOM, Barnett was also a vice president of the Belize Senate and served in various ministerial capacities in her country’s government. She was Financial Secretary of Belize and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Belize, as well as Vice-President (Operations) of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
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Parnel was my close friend, perhaps my best friend at primary school in Barrouallie. He was then known as ‘PC’- Pernel Campbell. (I suspect that while preparing to take his entrance examination he realised that he was registered as Parnel, not Pernel). Parnel was very good with his hands as we would say. He made sling shots, tops and traps to catch ‘ground doves’. We went looking for tamarinds, rode scooters, played marbles and cricket on the beach. In fact, it is on one of those occasions I realised I could swim since he pushed me off the wharf and smiled as I swam shore. He was very adventurous and had an appealing sense of humour. We passed the School Leaving Certificate and the entrance examination to the Grammar School. Following an appeal by my teacher Olson Peters/ ‘Caribbean Pete’ I was kept back to do the scholarship examination. PR then went on to the Grammar School and lived with his mother and the rest of his family at Frenches. Bein
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Port of Spain – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet on Tuesday to “advance the process for the selection” of a new secretary general to replace the Dominican-born diplomat, Irwin LaRocque, who has been in the post since August 2011.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said that the virtual 21st Special Meeting of the regional leaders will be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the chairman of the 15-member grouping.
The statement said the purpose of the meeting “is to advance the process for selection of a new Secretary-General”, but gave no further details. Last week, the CARICOM Council of Ministers met to discuss the replacement for LaRocque and Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Minister, Dr Amery Browne is expected to present the report of the Council.
Bacchus Capital Establishes North American Investment Banking Operations
Steven Latimer, former President of Jefferies Securities Inc. (Canada) and Head of Canadian Investment Banking, to join Bacchus Capital as Managing Director and Head of North America
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LONDON, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Bacchus Capital is pleased to announce that Steven Latimer has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Bacchus Capital s presence in the Americas. Steven will be based in Toronto and will focus on providing Bacchus Capital s new and existing clients with on-the-ground strategic, financial and tactical investment banking support, and advancing Bacchus Capital s Venture business in the region. He will work closely with Karr McCurdy, who is a member of the Bacchus Capital Senior Advisory Board, based in Denver, and with the Investment Banking team in the UK and globally.