KINGSTON, Jamaica - The state-owned Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest climate financing body.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Authorities in Dominica will begin mandatory interviews of all applicants to the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program aged 16 and over on Monday as the country seeks to cooperate with international stakeholders and increase due diligence processes, with the aim of reducing threats posed by illicit actors.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Oil production in Guyana’s Stabroek block is projected to average some 1.2 million barrels of oil per day by the end of 2027.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Secretary General of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Rodney Taylor, Monday called for “full and complete elimination” of roaming charges in the region.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Monday called on countries in the region to improve their policy design to take advantage of the contribution that foreign direct investment (FDI)  can make to the energy transition and to the region’s sustainable productive development.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released a special report on the opportunities and challenges posed by the extraction of lithium in the region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana has reiterated its intention to ensure the survival of the bauxite industry as the Chinese-owned BOSAI Minerals commissioned its multi-million dollar project in Linden on Friday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been tasked with establishing a regional stock exchange and a regional credit bureau within the coming months as they seek to fully implement the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) that allows for the free movement of goods, skills, labor and services across the region.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says his vision is for a CARICOM that is guided by a blueprint for the services sector development and trade.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will be the regional headquarters of the Trade Finance Bank For Africa (Afreximbank) making available US$1.5 billion to the Caribbean region with room for expansion if all the countries come on board, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has said.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is dealing with an arbitration where a Chinese company is “now pressing its claim legally for US$300 million” after the previous government had put a halt to a multi-million dollar aluminum complex that would have produced 125,000 tons per year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has sent delegations to Venezuela to discuss cooperation in the areas of energy, including renewable energy, and on matters relating to food security and food sovereignty, according to a government statement issued here on Tuesday.