ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Legislative drafters from Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries meet here on Wednesday to discuss draft model bills intended to give effect to measures contained in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Union in 2008.
The meeting is being organised by the Guyana-based EPA Implementing Unit within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and is in keeping with a mandate to assist CARIFORUM states in the implementation of the provisions of the accord.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Government and business leaders from across the Caribbean are gathered here this week along with international donor and lending agencies to take stock of how they have been collaborating on putting in place solutions to sustainable growth and development in the region.
The driving force behind the two-day meeting that opened Monday is the Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF) - an initiative facilitated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the World Bank.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former finance minister Sir Richard Christopher Haynes has died after a prolonged battle with throat cancer. He was 77.
Sir Richard, a surgeon, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday.
The former opposition leader , who was once dubbed the second most powerful man in Barbados, because of his close relationship with the then prime minister Errol Barrow, is being remembered here as an intellect, an excellent doctor, a wily politician and a fierce, analytical debater.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICA'S law-enforcement agencies should feel a sense of achievement with news of the country's removal from the United States' State Department trafficking in persons Tier 2 watch list.
National Security Minister Peter Bunting shared the news with the nation during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament last Wednesday.
According to Minister Bunting, the Trafficking in Persons Bill will increase the penalty for the offence, and new provisions for offences like trafficking and other related matters should be debated and passed soon.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - HUNDREDS of Christians staged two mass meetings at opposite ends of the island yesterday in protest against a challenge to the buggery law scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The protest in Kingston, the capital city, was held at National Heroes Park, while in Montego Bay, on the island’s north coast, the demonstrators gathered in Sam Sharpe Square, named in honour of the Jamaican National Hero who led a rebellion against slavery in 1831.