KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Tourism Secretary-General,  Zurab Pololikashvili has outlined plans to boost job creation and investment in the Caribbean’s tourism industry.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Former United States secretary of state,  Michael ‘Mike’ Pompeo, has praised Guyana’s economic transformation which he said is as a result of the country’s petroleum industry.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Trinidad and Tobago has urged its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbors Guyana and Suriname to utilize its facilities to process natural gas.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday predicted that the average growth rate for the region will be 8.6 percent this year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Senior officials of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday refused to entertain questions regarding their president, Dr . Hyginus “Gene” Leon, who has been sent on administrative leave since January.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The four-day Guyana energy conference opened on Monday with President Irfaan Ali urging investors to look beyond the traditional oil and energy sector and follow his administration’s policy shift placing emphasis on supplying chain mechanisms for the holistic development of the entire Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Trinidad and Tobago has reiterated that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) energy economies will “not be irresponsible nor will we shy away from beneficial opportunities” in the oil and gas sector.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Monday said the 15 member regional integration grouping is actively working towards a more sustainable and resilient energy future by accelerating the deployment of renewable energy resources, and fostering partnerships among member states.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says the growth outlook for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is positive and that the economies continue to expand while inflation is abating.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenji Okamura, has ended a visit here congratulating the authorities on Guyana “unparalleled economic expansion

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness administration on Thursday revealed that it is projecting to spend $1.3 trillion One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents), during the 2024/2025 fiscal year that gets underway on April 1.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government has launched a pilot program aimed at supporting licensed artisanal fishers through loans tailored to their needs so as to promote sustainable fishing and stronger stewardship of the country’s rich marine environment.