GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A landmark decision by the top regional court in a case brought by Jamaican Shanique Myrie against the Barbadian Government is being seen as paving the way for freer movement in Caricom for Guyanese and other nationalities.
On Friday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) tossed aside a series of defences thrown up by Bridgetown and awarded Myrie non-pecuniary damages for the violation of her right to free movement within the Caribbean Community as enshrined in a 2007 decision by the regional body.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - MS Shanique Myrie tells us she believes that, because she pressed her case against the Barbados authorities at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), "things will be better for Jamaicans who travel to that country".
This newspaper thinks she has done much more.
By her courage and determination Ms Myrie has made life much easier, we believe, for all Caricom nationals, including Barbadians, who may choose to travel within and across the borders of those territories which are signatories to the Revised Treaty of Chaguramas.

BRUSSELS, CMC- Caribbean trade officials are meeting in Brussels for talks with their African and Pacific counterparts ahead of a meeting with the European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on Friday.
The meeting, which began Monday, will focus on a collective African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) declaration for the upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in December as well as progress on the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), and an EU initiative on mineral sourcing from conflict-affected areas.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - If it intends to prevent a return to global financial turbulence and maintain America's pre-eminent place in the world, it is urgent that Congress end its latest bout of irresponsibility and begin to manage the country's economic affairs in a fashion not reminiscent of a banana republic.
This is how Washington appears at this time - a place of political hostage-taking, blackmailing and what some might consider as attempts at constitutional putsches.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will avoid seeking funding from the capital markets for as long as is possible, as it continues to exercise strict fiscal management.
“It’s a situation that we keep under review…we are trying to remain outside of the need to go to the capital markets for as long as possible…what we want to do is demonstrate not only a capacity to live within our means, but to finance ourselves from identifiable resources from the multilaterals, to the fullest extent possible,” Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips said.