CariCRIS assigns ‘high’ creditworthiness ratings to the bond issue of up to TT $100 million of Development Finance Limited

May 31, 2022 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has assigned initial issue ratings of CariAA- (Foreign and Local Currency Ratings) on the regional rating scale, and ttAA-…

Republic Bank Ltd and Caribbean Export Host Workshop for Small Businesses

May 13, 2022 The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in partnership with Republic Bank Ltd hosted the first workshop for small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago following the signing…

Jamaica’s SEPROD buys over TT distribution company A.S.Bryden

By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com May 6, 2022 Jamaican based company, Seprod Limited, will acquire Trinidad and Tobago owned distribution company A.S. Bryden and Sons. The company announced an agreement had…

Flex Seal Expands Retailers in the Caribbean

May 6, 2022 The global Flex Seal® Family of Products is filling gaps, cracks and holes across the Caribbean. And many of their products are now available at a variety of…

Trinidad and Tobago’s Stock Exchange targets SME sector

By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com April 29, 2022 As more Small and Medium Enterprises look to grow their business, many may find it very challenging to generate capital for business expansion…

CALL FOR REGIONAL BANKS TO BE TREATED EQUITABLE

By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com April 22, 2022 Topic focus as US Congress delegation visits Barbados TT Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley sounded a call for equitable treatment of the region’s…

TT PHARMA FIRM BUYS OVER BARBADOS COLLINS PHARMACY

By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com April 12, 2022 Trinidadian firm, Agostini’s, has announced a take over of long standing Barbados Pharmaceutical line Collins and its subsidiary, Carlisle Laboratories. The TT Company…

IDB Approves New Country Strategy for Trinidad and Tobago on Digital Transformation

March 25, 2022 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone and Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Planning & Development Pennelope Beckles met today to discuss upcoming plans for the IDB’s…

Trinidad and Tobago: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Trinidad and Tobago

March 11, 2022 Trinidad and Tobago faced unprecedented challenges in 2020–21. The combined effects of COVID-19 and energy production and price shocks pushed the economy further into recession. A decisive…

TT’s Rowley thanks Venezuela’s Maduro as gas sector sees upturn!

By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com February 25, 2022 Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley took to the 6th Summit of Gas Exporting Countries in Doha, Qatar this week to…

Jillionaire brings modern Caribbean food to Time Out Market Miami

February 25, 2022 Miami’s Caribbean diaspora has a new meeting place and it’s called Clyde’s Caribbean. The Trinidadian restaurant opens at Time Out Market on Wednesday, February 23, where it’ll introduce…

MASSY CROSS LISTING ON JAMEX

By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com February 4, 2022 Performance Indices one week after. It has been one week since Trinidad and Tobago based conglomerate, Massy Group cross listed on Jamaica Stock…