In an at­tempt to com­bat ris­ing gang vi­o­lence in Cari­com, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley, who is the re­gion­al body’s lead on crime and se­cu­ri­ty, says steps are be­ing tak­en to strength­en laws to now treat gun vi­o­lence as an act of ter­ror­ism.

In an emo­tion­al send-off, Dr Kei­th Row­ley, in his last Cari­com meet­ing as a head of gov­ern­ment, last night urged his fel­low Caribbean lead­ers to keep uni­ty alive as he pledged to al­ways an­swer Cari­com’s call even in re­tire­ment.

Cari­com has ap­point­ed T&T's For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Min­is­ter Dr Amery Browne to chair an in­ter-gov­ern­men­tal work­ing group tasked with dis­man­tling the bar­ri­ers af­fect­ing the smooth move­ment of goods through­out the Caribbean.

Cari­com lead­ers are hop­ing to have a meet­ing with US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump to dis­cuss the pos­si­ble im­pact of his ad­min­is­tra­tion’s poli­cies on the re­gion.