Stakeholders, namely representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Employers' Federation and the Trade Union Congress, and Ministry of Finance officials, including Minister Harold Lovell and Director of Social Security David Matthias, will continue their dialogue on the way forward for Social Security in mid June.

Economy 


Specialists from the OECS Secretariat will be in Basseterre this week for a consultation on national and regional measures to better facilitate trade in keeping with the emerging commitments being negotiated on Trade Facilitation in the World Trade Organisation.
Anthony Liverpool, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Laurie Louard, Operations Manager at PDV CARIBE, Antigua and Barbuda Ltd. were the representatives standing in for Antigua and Barbuda at the recently concluded 9th Ministerial Meeting of PETRO CARIBE and the Summit of Heads held in Caracas of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on May 4 and 5.
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Geoffrey Bannister visited Antigua and Barbuda during April 29–May 3, to undertake the tenth and final review under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved by the Fund’s Executive Board on June 7, 2010.
The Antigua Public Utilities Authority has announced the grand opening of its Business Centre on the corner of Independence Avenue and High Street.











