#BTColumn – CARICOM governance review Article by May 8, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Dr. Basil Springer “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.” – 1 Corinthians 12:26 CARICOM, a commendable resource base of 18 former British colonies, Haiti and Suriname with 18 million people over a collective land mass of 500,000 km2, has evolved 60 years after the demise of the West Indies Federation. The principal governance organs of CARICOM are: (1) The Conference of Heads of Government with a rotating biannual chairmanship by a Prime Minister; and (2) a quasi cabinet through which individual heads of government have lead responsibility for specific areas and the Community Council Of Ministers (Ministers of CARICOM affairs in member states).