PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A new regional project will bring together internet experts from around the world on Monday,  to help develop the internet infrastructure of Guadeloupe, St. Barthélemy and St. Martin. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report examining the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) systems on women’s work opportunities globally, including Latin America and the Caribbean, has found that AI systems can have a gendered effect on labor, care, and domestic employment.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Oil Company (WICO) has defended the decision to increase the price of petrol saying this is as a result of external factors.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is introducing a new $2,000 banknote on which late former prime ministers Edward Seaga and Michael Manley, will appear together.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The government of Guyana says it intends to hold discussions with marijuana growers as the country looks towards the establishment of the hemp industry as a “mainstream economic activity”.

LIMA, Peru – The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the labor markets of Latin America and the Caribbean has had a greater impact on women and has placed the region before the challenge of facing an unprecedented setback in gender equality at work, according to a Technical Note published Thursday by the ILO.

SAN PEDRO, Belize – Guyana has presented a proposal to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders outlining an “action oriented and solution-based” initiative aimed at reducing by 25 percent, the region’s multi-billion dollar food bill by 2025.

SAN PEDRO, Belize – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne Tuesday urged Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to move more urgently with the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) that allows for the free movement of goods, skills, labor and services across the region.

MIAMI, FL — Today, Wells Fargo announced a $20 million grant to The Miami Foundation, its largest grant received to date, to help historically disadvantaged small business owners in Miami-Dade County to own more of their businesses’ assets and improve technology to better serve customers into the future. The announcement featured Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, The Miami Foundation President & CEO Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, and New Century Dance owner Alexandra Sliva, among others.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told Antigua and Barbuda to brace for increased prices for goods and services as oil prices soar past US$100 a barrel as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week.

BARBADOS – BIBA, the Association for Global Business, will host the second annual “Barbados Risk & Insurance Management” (BRIM) conference, March 21-22, 2022, in a hybrid format at Hilton Barbados Resort.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Entrepreneurs in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are being urged to take advantage of a loan program being implemented Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Initiative’s Accelerator Program.