WASHINGTON/PHILIPSBURG:— On Tuesday May 2, a reception was held in honour of delegations co-hosted by the honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State and the Council of the Americas.
The reception was held at the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. State Department.
It was a mix and mingle reception and Secretary John Kerry and Ambassador John Negroponte, Council of Americas Chairman Emeritus gave opening remarks.
The reception served as both the close of the Council of the Americas 46th Annial Washington Conference and the opening for the U.S.-Caribbean-Cenral American Energy Summit. There were some 200 Council of the Americas guests from the private sector present.
On Wednesday morning at 9:30 the Caribbean heads of delegation meeting with Vice President Joe Biden will take place.
At the meeting will be delegations from Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Greneda, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Sint Maarten, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat, his Excellency Irwin LaRocque.
Also participating will be the following partners: IDB, OAS, World Bank, CDB, Canada and Mexico.
Source: St. Martin News Network
PM Marlin heads delegation to Energy Summit in Washington.
Of course the Government of Sint Maarten must visit these kinds of summits, at least if as country you want to keep up with developments around you. The dump discussion is one on its’ own and should be carry at all time, because it’s screaming for a workable solution.
Summits are for EXPERTS not politicians that barely no the details!! I understand you have a Minister to protect but dont throw sand in people’s eyes.
They don’t learn do they? When it’s their own money, we can see them become prudent but when it concerns OUR money, they are like children spending on candy!!!
What a complete waste of time and tax payer money!! And that in the face of the “burning” issue (pun intended) here at home being the DUMP!!!!
When are they getting serious?!!!