Distinguished people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish you a Happy New Year 2011. As we welcome the second decade of the century and the New Year 2011, we must prepare ourselves to face and surmount the challenges which continue to confront us. The end of the first decade of this century was marked by the triumph of the human spirit over the ravages of nature as exemplified by the courage and resilience of the Chilean, Pakistan and Haitian people.  (read more…)