PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her government will restart the state-owned Petrotrin oil refinery that had been shut down by the Keith Rowley administration in 2018 because of outstanding debts totalling billions of dollars.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua and Barbuda has recorded one of its strongest fiscal performances in modern history, with  a primary surplus of EC$254.9 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents)  and an overall surplus of $116.3 million.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica has taken another significant step towards fulfilling its aspiration of becoming a major logistics hub with the deployment of two new ship‑to‑shore (STS) cranes at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL).

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada - The Public Workers Union (PWU) says the government has so far this year, not honoured an agreement reached for a five per cent salary increase for workers at the country’s lone community college because it wants to re-negotiate the package.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall says Grenada’s economic performance this year is “nothing short of remarkable” estimating that  real gross domestic product (GDP) will reach 6.2 per cent.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Banana Board says 116 banana and plantain farmers will begin receiving payments totalling J$20 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) following the destruction caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas economy maintained its “moderated pace of growth” in October, relative to the same period last year, with economic indicators trending closer to their medium-term potential,  the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) has reported.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's government says it will soon unveil a five year comprehensive national economic expansion and infrastructure integration plan for the country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali says Guyana will soon commence one of the world’s fastest gas-to-shore projects and is also aiming to have a second major gas pipeline ready by 2030 to support the country’s industrial growth.

RABAT, Morocco – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Daniel Best, says Africa and the Caribbean stand at a “similar crossroads” and that partnership, discipline, and ambition can unlock capital at scale and deliver development that endures.

SANTIAGO, Chile – A new report released here on Wednesday has found that spending by central governments in the Caribbean is equivalent to 11 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) as compared with 11.6 per cent in Latin America.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has conducted a Country Portfolio Performance Review (CPPR) and a Country Engagement Strategy (CES) mission with Dominica culminating in an agreement to develop a joint action plan to guide future collaboration.