ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Caribbean governments should seek far reaching agreements with creditors when pursuing debt restructuring instead of accommodating short term measures that will eventually have to be re-negotiated before feeling the positive impact.
Jurgen Kaiser, a coordinator and research fellow at the German Debt Network, says “the conditions for these agreements should be deep and all encompassing, as the further it goes the better the impact will be on the country”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic hardships Caribbean countries face, it is important that regional countries work together to overcome the difficulties, said Dr Dillon Alleyne, economic affairs officer and deputy director, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac).
“The Caribbean economies are at a crossroad and the global system of production and distribution has changed with serious consequences for countries for countries that are unable to make the structural transformation necessary for improved competitiveness,” he said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner- PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller was scheduled to leave the island yesterday for Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, where she will attend the Special 50th Anniversary Summit commemorating the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union.
Simpson Miller is accompanied by Foreign Minister A J Nicholson; Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Onika Miller; Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ann Scott; Ambassador Carlton Masters, special envoy to the African Union, and members of her support team.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - There needs to be a harmonisation of labour laws within the region.

This call was made recently by Cedric Murrell, President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) at “The Role of Labour Standards in Accessing International Markets and Supporting the Caribbean Single Market Workshop” held at Island Inn.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Making sure that just under a third of Barbados’ limited land space is kept for substantial agriculture would be to the betterment of the country.

And one such area would be in making inroads in the fight against the chronic non-communicable diseases that are affecting our development.

This is the view of agriculture specialist, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite.