KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican business mogul, Michael Lee-Chin has been awarded more than US$43 million in an investment dispute with the Dominican Republic.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank Wednesday said Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries have made progress in macroeconomic resiliency over previous decades and navigated the multiple post-pandemic crises with relative success.
KINGSTON, St. Vincent – The London-based Commonwealth Secretariat says it has rolled out a state-of-the-art software program in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to transform how the country manages its public debt portfolio of US$2.2 billion.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said that economic activity continues to bounce back from the sharp declines registered during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and that economic growth for Antigua and Barbuda this year is projected at 5.7 percent.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says that real gross domestic product (GDP0 grew by three percent in the first quarter of this year.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Executive Director of the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Tuesday praised Caribbean women for being a testament to the very concept of resilience as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched a new initiative to empower women.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will host the Caribbean Digital Summit and ICT Week 2023, from October 16-20.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia -Export Sr. Lucia, the state-owned agency responsible for export promotion, international marketing and trade facilitation, says its fourth shipment of sea moss to Dubai underscores the potential for establishing a niche market for the product in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says an investigation will be launched to determine why the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) went ahead and negotiated a reduction in ExxonMobil’s audited US$214 million expense.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government says it will be signing a bilateral investment treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The government of Grenada says that effective January 01st it will commence a method of compensation to workers both in the private and public sectors that will see the end of disparity in salary based on gender and at the same time enforce a minimum livable wage.
NEW YORK, New York – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has released ConectaLAC, a pioneering digital analytics platform that will help governments and investors identify opportunities and design cost-effective projects to close digital connectivity gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
NEW YORK, New York– On the occasion of the inaugural USA-Caribbean Investment Forum at the New York Marriott Marquis, Kenneth Bryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization and Minister of Tourism of Cayman Islands spoke of the immense investment potential of the Caribbean region that beckons investors worldwide.