One Caribbean Currency

MANY, many years ago, it was reported that, at a meeting of the heads of CARICOM, it was decided that the CARICOM region should have a single currency. At that meeting also, the Prime Minister of Barbados (now deceased) was elected to head a committee to arrive at a single currency. So many years after and yet, still no single currency.

CARICOM has expanded to include countries of different languages and the heads of Government have been meeting ever so often, recently to deal with crimes committed by the poor, yet still no discussion of a single currency.

Recently, there have