CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders on Tuesday agreed to seek an advisory opinion from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) regarding the controversial reappointment of CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett for a five-year term.St Lucia's Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre, who is also the CARICOM chairman, said in a prepared statement to reporters that the regional leaders had discussed the issue after Trinidad and Tobago "maintained its objection to the process used in the reappointment of the Secretary General".

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett, urged leaders of the region to seize the current period of global volatility as an opportunity for…

A major diplomatic rift has opened within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leadership amid the reappointment of Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett, with Trinidad and Tobago Prime…