KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bank of Jamaica says in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the island’s automated banking machine (ABM) network remains short of full recovery with roughly one in eight machines still out of service.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, says the process of selecting an expert to resolve the multi-million dollar dispute the energy company has with the Guyana government is still ongoing almost a year after the parties had agreed to the initiative.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released its 2025 Statistical Yearbook, outlining key trends in the region’s social, economic and environmental landscape.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenada's government Wednesday confirmed that a fisheries ban imposed by the United States has been lifted even as St. George’s acknowledged that there is still more work to be done.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says the on going war in the Middle East and more specifically, the escalating tensions affecting the Strait of Hormuz could have far-reaching consequences for the global economy.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts and Nevis government launched the Regional Economical Agri-Insurance Programme (REAP), describing it as a vital step towards building a sustainable twin island Federation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Energy giant, bp, has awarded a significant drilling contract to the Cayman Islands-based offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry, Noble Corporation for work in Trinidad and Tobago.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says he so far has not  yet decided against changing the annual estimates to be presented to the Parliament next week despite the ongoing war in the Middle East and the resultant global increase in the price of gas and oil.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Central Bank of Barbados (BB) Monday said it has delayed the live implementation of its BiMPay Go payment project following a thorough assessment of interoperability testing progress across all nine participating institutions.

NASSAU, Bahamas - The Bahamas government says the ongoing war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran has disrupted one of the world’s most important energy transit points, through which a large percentage of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments normally pass

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica government says the annual carnival celebrations have become an economic engine generating billions of dollars for the local economy.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Ministry of Agriculture is moving to modernise the country’s farming sector with the arrival of new heavy-duty equipment and the upcoming opening of a high-tech plant laboratory in Bethesda.