By: Staff Writer March 26, 2024 With an increasing globalized world, where digitisation has aided its rapid development, remittances have been positively affected by this growing trend, where analysts at…
Category: BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Caribbean Businesses Embracing Digital Transformation, PwC Survey Reveals
March 26, 2024 A PwC Caribbean Digital Readiness Survey 2024 reveals significant strides in digital transformation among Caribbean businesses, emphasizing the critical role of artificial intelligence in driving change. caribbean-digital-transformation…
Panamanians need canal water to drink- What do they do?
By: Staff Writer March 22, 2024 During Panama’s worse drought on record, the renown Panama Canal is affected not only by weather challenges in this prolonged dry season, but the…
Businesses urged to recruit now while job prospects seem favourable
March 22, 2024 With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reporting favourable economic prospects for the near-term in the country, Caribbean Employment Services Inc. CEO Joseph Boll is encouraging businesses looking…
Caribbean Employment hopeful new ECLAC digital tracker will lead to meaningful transformation, jobs
March 22, 2024 Caribbean Employment Services Inc. CEO Joseph Boll said his organization is hopeful that the recent development of a tool to track digital transformation in the Caribbean and…
IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Suriname
March 22, 2024 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fifth review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Suriname and granted a waiver for…
Bukele stashes El Salvador bitcoin in “cold wallet.”
By: Staff Writer March 19, 2024 The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he stores a “big chunk” of the country’s bitcoin…
There is an energy around Guyana
March 19, 2024 A senior level team from Caribbean Export was in Guyana from 4- 9 March, 2024 to meet with the host Government and related agencies to plan for…
Saint Lucians to Benefit from CDB-Funded Water Supply and Wastewater Improvement Project
March 19, 2024 The population served by Saint Lucia’s Water and Sewerage Company Inc (WASCO) is to benefit from a USD749,619 Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) investment aimed at improving the…
IDB: LAC growth to slow this year
By: Staff Writer March 15, 2024 An Inter-American Development Bank report said that Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) growth will slow down in 2024 despite the better than expected…
Dominica: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission
March 15, 2024 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Christopher Faircloth, visited Roseau and held discussions on the 2024 Article IV consultation with Dominica’s authorities during…
IDB Group Caribbean Governors Endorse the Regional Program ‘One Caribbean’
March 12, 2024 The Caribbean Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) endorsed the “One Caribbean” program, a comprehensive framework designed to support enhancing living standards across the…