We must move forward from resilience to renewal and revival.

Because integration that our people cannot feel will not last.

Many citizens are asking an important question: how can CARICOM make a greater difference in our everyday lives?

The Caribbean is strongest when we work together, speak with purpose, and respect the voices and contributions of every Member State.

Stronger enforcement and personal responsibility are also needed to solve the problem.

The task before us now is renewal.

I have no control over Irish internal policy.

The situation is that these countries have decided that they are going to be anti-immigrant.

There’s a very strange phenomenon happening now: people dump wherever there is open space.

The Caribbean people have always been resilient. Our history tells a story of endurance, of societies that emerged from colonialism, overcame economic vulnerability, and built independent nations guided by hope, determination and unity.

CARICOM must deliver results that our people can see and feel in their everyday lives.