Strong warning from CARICOM boss

CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Edwin Carrington is warning against negative comments, he fears could hurt the region\'s integration movement.



This reportedly follows widespread criticisms of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which the region has negotiated with the European Union.



Dr. Carrington is also expressing concern about other suggestions that the regional integration movement is on the verge of collapse.



Guyana\'s President Bharrat Jagdeo, the former chairman of CARICOM’s Regional Negotiating Machinery, Sir Shridath Ramphal and University of the West Indies Professor Norman Girvan have all called for the renegotiation of the EPA.



Dr. Carrington is also lashing back at critics of the EPA process, warning that it is necessary to distinguish between the benefits of pointing to the harm, which negative speculation can cause in the public’s mind.