4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (340+ words) WASHINGTON, DC - A new report Tuesday suggests that international trade that is ordered or delivered online quintupled in two decades in Latin America and the Caribbean to nearly US$90 billion and is rapidly becoming a powerful engine of growth across…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (314+ words) CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre, Monday, urged Africa and the Caribbean regions to leverage a collective voice to advocate for sustainable development, climate resilience, and the interests of vulnerable states. In a message…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (550+ words) “Behind these figures, in that thick, sterile document, lie the efforts of ministers and their permanent secretaries to garner the scarce resources to be used to provide the essential functions of government,” he told the delegates from across the region....

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (856+ words) NASSAU, Bahamas – Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis has called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to move from being rule-takers in the global digital economy to coordinated, capable and confident participants in writing the rules that will shape its future....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says Dominica will soon sign a US$75 million agreement with a foreign investor for the construction of a new cruise village in the country. “Very soon we will sign an agreement for the construction…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (415+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Trinidad and Tobago’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Deborah Thomas-Felix, says the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have moved beyond previous trade tensions and should now focus on strengthening business ties, investment and access to each other’s markets. “One…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (667+ words) CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has employed the services of a regional law firm to present its response to the challenge by Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar regarding the reappointment of CARICOM Secretary General,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (727+ words) WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says the outlook for Guyana is still highly uncertain, given persistent geopolitical tensions that continue to push up international oil prices. “Although Guyana transitioned to become a net oil exporter in 2019, the country…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Caribbean Export is highlighting a potential US$1.5 billion opportunity for regional producers if the Caribbean achieves a target of reducing food imports by 25 per cent. The issue of food security and investment in agriculture is being highlighted ahead…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (367+ words) GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government on Friday welcomed the arrival of Errea Wittu, the country’s fifth and largest Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, which it says will take oil production beyond one million barrels a day. The Ministry of Natural…...