GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) Friday expressed its disappointment after the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) offered a seven percent wage hike to its workers.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dec – The Inter-American Bank (IDB) on Friday said the United Kingdom (UK) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean by announcing that it will provide a robust support package to the IDB.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) to conclude the outstanding wage negotiations for the period 2015-2020.
WASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Haiti faces an unprecedented multidimensional crisis encompassing humanitarian, economic, social, and security problems and that the economy of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has a low tax base and a large informal sector that relies heavily on volatile remittance flows.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has hinted at the possibility of imposing restrictions on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries if they continue to impose barriers that hinder the export of Guyanese products within the 15-member regional integration grouping.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says it has launched a consultancy to deliver a training programme, to assist the Registrars of Companies in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines with integrating a new, updated platform for the online registration and incorporation of companies.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Guo Haiyan says bilateral trade between Guyana and China skyrocketed to US$800 million in the first half of 2024.
BELMOPAN, Belize - Trade and Economic Development Ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) who met in Guyana last week, have agreed to hold a special meeting early next year to approve and certify a Partial Scope Agreement between Belize and El Salvador.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has expressed concern regarding the ongoing industrial action at the port of Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, saying it has severely disrupted regional trade and impacted businesses in Guyana.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The Caribbean Resilient Economies and Sectors Activity (RESET) says it will launch its grants program aimed at assisting businesses in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean here this week.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Caribbean countries will receive US$18.4 billion in remittances, with a two per cent growth, similar to that observed in 2023.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese-based Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chinalco) for the mining of bauxite in West Suriname.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has signed a US$500 million agreement with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), targeting critical sectors such as renewable energy, cybersecurity, water infrastructure, and maritime security.