ROSEAU, Dominica –  The Dominica government Wednesday said it will be taking measures to cushion the impact of the ongoing war in the Middle East acknowledging that events thousands of miles away will significantly affect the price of fuel, the cost of food, the stability of jobs, and the strength of the local economy.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana says it will within the next six months roll out a national payment platform and expand access to digital wallets allowing users to make payments using their mobile devices and reducing reliance on cash.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says discussions are continuing with the United States-based bulk fuel supplier, Curlew Midstream, regarding a proposal to establish a bulk fuel storage facility that had failed to meet its 2025 year end deadline.

GERGETOWN, Guyana - The president of ExxonMobil Guyana, President Alistair Routledge, says a second gas-to-energy (GTE) project is being pursued in Berbice and the pipeline to bring the natural gas onshore could cost an estimated two billion US dollars.

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.