KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says the island’s economy is doing well and that the foreign exchange market has remained relatively stable since the start of the year.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana on Wednesday signed a US$260 million agreement with a Chinese joint venture company for the construction of a new crossing over the Demerara River.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says it is actively pursuing efforts aimed at introducing unemployment insurance for workers as the country Monday observed labor Day.
CASTRIERS, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre said his administration will remove the service charge on all price-controlled goods in a bid to cushion the impact of the cost of living in St. Lucia,
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Montserrat has called on CARICOM countries to rally in support of the initiative being spearheaded by Guyana to promote regional food security.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government has tabled legislation aimed at establishing a hemp industry in the country.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) concerned at the low level of workers in the sector, is worried that even more workers are eying the cruise ship industry.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana says more than a dozen donor agencies and 250 exhibitors are to participate in the country’s premier Agriculture Investment Forum and Exposition that gets under way on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, DC – Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) lags behind on digital technologies in transportation, which presents a major opportunity to boost a key economic sector, according to a study undertaken by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
NASSAU, Bahamas – The government of The Bahamas says it has entered into a US$100 million agreement with the US-based Electra America Hospitality Group for the purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort.
FLORIDA – As the tourism sector rebounds strongly from the near shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the region’s “bread and butter” industry to ramp up efforts to be adequately staffed to meet the impending surge of arrivals and continued growth.
WASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on Belize in 2020, leading to a 16.7 percent contraction in real gross domestic product (GDP) and an increase in public debt to an unsustainable level of 133 percent of GDP.
NASSAU, Bahamas –The Bahamian economy exhibited a measured pace of recovery during 2021, the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) has said.
