GEORGETOWN, Guyana – To address the growing need for skilled welders in the oil and gas sector, the government is ramping up training efforts through a new program by the School of the Nations in collaboration with the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL), targeting 3,000 Guyanese, President Irfaan Ali said on Saturday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Ministry of Finance says during the first quarter of this year, the country   earned more revenue and grants than what was projected in the budget. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Trinidad and Tobago has sought to re-assure Guyanese exporters that their products would be welcomed into the twin island republic once they undergo a “risk analysis” before their products are allowed to land in the country.

WASHINGTON, DC – Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT hold great promise to spur productivity growth and innovation globally. They have also generated an unusual boom in Anguilla, a British overseas territory and member of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union  (ECCU), whose .ai country-code internet domain has become a favorite among technology companies across the world.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says the decision by Trinidad and Tobago to prevent a shipment of milk and water from one of the country’s largest producers of dairy products “is an affront to the spirit of Caribbean integration agenda and must not be accepted”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The three-day Caribbean Poultry Association (CPA) seventh international technical symposium began here on Tuesday, with delegates being reminded of the “critical importance” of agriculture in the Caribbean.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has revised slightly upwards, the growth projection for the economies for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries in 2024.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname's government says it held “extensive” discussions with “cooperating trade unions” on Tuesday night but no solution had been reached regarding the increase in electricity rates.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has called for a more aggressive push for human capital development which he said is critical to future development of the tourism sector in small island states like his own.

SANTIAGO, Chile – Tax revenue rose as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) on average across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries between 2021 and 2022 due partly to a sharp increase in revenue from the oil and gas sector.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Suriname Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ta number of private sector organisations including the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association, Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce, Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and the Region 5 Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Antigua and Barbuda should increase its tax earning, which at 16 per cent of revenue, is just one percentage point below what the IMF says is needed to support the country’s developmental needs.