Browne stands by Caricom remarks, seeks talks with PM

An­tigua and Bar­bu­da Prime Min­is­ter Gas­ton Browne has opened the new year stand­ing firm on his crit­i­cism of Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, while sig­nalling a will­ing­ness to en­gage in di­a­logue to ease re­gion­al ten­sions and re­solve long-stand­ing fi­nan­cial dis­putes.