GEORGETOWN. Guyana – The Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat says it is undergoing an extensive upgrade of its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity that is expected to lead to visible and measurable improvements in its service delivery to member states and regional institutions.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados says it intends to hold another licensing bid round for offshore blocks within the next three months as the island seeks to transition to a 100 percent renewable energy island by 2030.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Richard Byles has urged persons  using cryptocurrencies or who are contemplating this, to do so cautiously.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands – The African Development Bank Group (ADB) and the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening their collaboration in various areas.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has taken emergency steps to prevent the fuel surcharge on electricity bills from surpassing the record high of EC$0.67 cents (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) per unit in 2008.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Friday called on the United States to join the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) as a development partner as part of President Joe Biden’s just announced Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for greater coordination among governments and private-sector tourism partners across the Americas, to better plan for and manage crises impacting the sector and protect workers.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has signed a contract for the construction of a state-funded 92-room Holiday Inn Express and Suites, with Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves reiterating that the state has no interest in becoming a hotelier.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname –Government has announced an increase in the price of fuel products here even as the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country battles with rising prices for basic goods and services.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda’s first digital bank has been given the green light to start operations and could be up and running as early as September.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the war in Ukraine had quickened inflation, reduced growth and increased poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean.

NEW YORK – Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Dan Garodnick and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, together with regional leaders, released a report on Thursday, showing that the NYC Metro is leading the country on jobs and funding in the life sciences industry. The report compares the NYC Metro region to other metro areas and shows the full scale and strength of the region’s life sciences ecosystem.