BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The newly elected chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Renata Vargas Amaral, says her priorities over the next year will be tackling climate change, deeper private sector engagement and enhancing multilateral development.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell is objecting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation that Grenada should establish a more coherent and transparent framework for managing Citizenship By Investment (CBI) revenues as this would strengthen budget and investment planning.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali says his government is evaluating the feasibility of a second major gas initiative to complement the ongoing gas to energy project at Wales, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara.

OTTAWA, Canada – Jamaica says there is indeed an opportunity for the Caribbean to build its economic recovery on a modern foundation, utilizing technology and the digitization of public and private sector services.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago recorded an increase in the inflation rate for the month of May, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) announced on Monday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica  – Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Aubyn Hill, Monday said that Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The former president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon, says if there is no change within the financial institution “the next president may encounter the same challenges”  that he faced during his tenure at the region’s premier financial institution.

NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister of the Bahamas Phillips Davis has outlined a blueprint for collaboration between Africa and the Caribbean saying it “encompasses key initiatives designed to unite our banking systems, enhance financial inclusivity, and catalyse economic growth across Africa and the Caribbean”.

NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley is calling for the Caribbean banking sector to be infused with greater diversity and competition and to ensure that constraints to economic growth are confronted directly.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Barbados Minister of Economic Affairs and Investment, Chad Blackman, says the Caribbean and Africa should start looking at trading among themselves in their respective currencies, adding that the United States and European currencies might be less dominant a decade from now.

NASSAU, Bahamas — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) finance minister and central bank governors will meet next week ahead of the annual heads of government meeting in Grenada in July to discuss using Afreximbank’s Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to make trade payments in the region.

NASSAU, Bahamas - Prime Minister Phillip Davis says transforming the country’s energy sector remains a priority for his administration saying there is the need to relieve Bahamian families and businesses from the burden of high prices and unreliable electricity supply.