December 15, 2023 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has upgraded by two notches the sovereign issuer credit ratings assigned to the Government of Barbados (GOB) to CariBBB-…
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Dominica: Technical Assistance Report-External Sector Statistics
December 15, 2023 A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Dominica as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical…
Trèfle Designs closes the year with a successful Fashion Show called “THE RUNWAY”
December 12, 2023 BVI Fashion Designer, Kristin Frazer recently pulled off one of her biggest Fashion Shows to date on Sunday December 3 at an iconic location – the round-a-bout…
La Fuente de la Juventud, the unexpected success of an organic health offer
December 12, 2023 The Spanish explorer and conqueror Juan Ponce de Leon, who was governor of Puerto Rico, and conqueror of Florida (he lived in our country before going to…
CEO says ‘don’t snub temp jobs’ this holiday season
December 8, 2023 Ahead of this anticipated uptick in seasonal and temporary job vacancies heading into the holiday season and the end of the year, Joseph Boll, Caribbean Employment Services…
Suriname and the IMF Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Fourth Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
December 5, 2023 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Anastasia Guscina conducted virtual and in-person discussions with the Surinamese authorities during October 30-November 8 to discuss policies…
Guyana: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
December 5, 2023 The Guyanese economy has tripled in size since the start of oil extraction (end- 2019), from one of the lowest GDP per capita in Latin America and…
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Guyana
December 5, 2023 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Guyana and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting. The Guyanese…
Don’t scrap Dominica CBI despite “free-for-all”
By: Staff Writer December 1, 2023 The Opposition Leader in Dominica hits back at European critics of the country’s Citizenship by Investment programme arguing that over 60 percent of Dominica’s…
Recruitment service aims to help jobseekers get temp jobs this Christmas
December 1, 2023 The winter holidays usually mean a time of giving back to the community, spending time with loved ones and, for temp workers, a slew of seasonal gigs…
Boosting the Caribbean-African Trade and Investment Partnership
November 28, 2023 Africa is rising,with one main reason being the increased and sustained efforts on boosting intra-African trade. Traditionally, the trade of the individual countries in Africa followed routes…