BANGKOK, Thailand – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that growth across the Western Hemisphere has remained resilient, supported by strong United States demand, high commodity prices, easier financial conditions, robust tourism, and remittance inflows.

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Guyana’s President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali have discussed opportunities to deepen trade and investment ties between the two countries, the Canadian Government said Thursday.

BANGKOK, Thailand – Belize Prime Minister John Briceño says dependence on imported energy leaves households, businesses, and public finances exposed to external shocks.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago - The Trinidad and Tobago government has signalled its intention to sell off a number of state-owned enterprises (SOE) as it turned the sod on the construction of the 200 room TT$500 million Marriott resort here.

CAIRO - African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has released its latest Barbados Country brief, offering a comprehensive and timely analysis of the island nation’s macroeconomic outlook. The brief explores key regional and international trade dynamics, financial sector developments and debt sustainability trends.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons says Suriname must ensure that the expected growth of the oil and gas sector does not lead to an economy that is primarily dependent on the extraction of natural resources.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it intends restarting the Petrotrin oil refinery that was officially shut down on November 30, 2018, by the Keith Rowley administration due to billions of dollars in debt and operational losses.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prominent Jamaican economist, Joseph Cox, is questioning why does Kingston continues to retain an 11.9 per cent shareholding in the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) which last month said it had completed its audited financial statements for a three-year period beginning in 2017.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Friday said that it is participating in a project intended to strengthen the business management, digitalisation, and resilience of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Jamaica says it supports the proposal by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for a regional digital market noting that on digital transformation, Kingston is cognisant of the importance of equitable and meaningful connectivity for social and economic development.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Four CARICOM assessment teams will examine whether the region can meet its own demand for paints, other hydraulic cement, glass bottles and bitumen, with their findings expected to help determine future tariff treatment for the products.

WASHINGTON, DC -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Guyana’s economy continues to expand at one of the highest rates in the world, supported by strong oil production and robust, broad-based non-oil activity.