GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali says his administration would soon be introducing four new applications (apps) for the private sector to conduct business with the government.

BRUSSELS – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has urged the international community to support the Caribbean’s efforts to advance sargassum valorization as he called for scalable and sustainable responses to the sargassum crisis affecting the Caribbean region.

KINGSTOWN,  St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has collected EC$70 million in tax revenue during the first eight months of the year, compared to the same period of 2024.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Daniel Best, says for the Caribbean region, climate finance isn’t just about development, it is existential.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed reports that Guyana is facing a foreign exchange crisis, saying that the recent increase in demand for United States dollars is largely linked to massive capital projects being executed in the oil-rich country.

ST.  JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed that the government has acquired a majority stake in Blue Ocean, the company involved in critical dredging projects at the Deep Water Harbour and Crabbes Harbour.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says no agreement has been signed with the US-based Curlew Midstream to build a storage facility here, nearly eight months after the Guyana government had announced plans for cheaper fuels by year end.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's government says that it will be moving towards selling its own crude oil and that it would actively support the local private sector in building the technical and human resource capacity needed to effectively participate in that business.

BRASALIA – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released a new initiative aimed at helping the countries develop a new approach to strengthening their technical, operational, political and prospective (TOPP) institutional capacities.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says the trend of sluggish non-energy sector activity may have persisted during the second quarter of 2025.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has announced support for the Trinidad and Tobago government’s Dragon gas proposal with Venezuela saying it will take “steps to ensure it will not provide significant benefit to the Maduro regime”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana has officially launched GuyExpo 2025 calling for large and small-scale businesses and entrepreneurs to take the opportunity to showcase their products to local and international customers.