Braving heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning, President Dr Irfaan Ali joined other Heads of CARICOM in a tree-planting exercise as part of CARICOM's 50th-anniversary celebrations. The event took place at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Trinidad - the same place where the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed exactly 50 years ago on July 4, 1973. The Caribbean leaders also signed and placed a letter in a 'time capsule' for future leaders to open and read in the next 50 years. The event was attended by other foreign officials, including those from China and the Republic of Korea. At the flag-raising ceremony, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley and the new Chairman of CARICOM, the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, urged CARICOM heads not to falter in their drive to make CARICOM stronger…
