October 5, 2021 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has lowered the Issuer/ Corporate Credit ratings by one-notch to CariA+ (Foreign and Local Currency Ratings) on the regional…
Category: BUSINESS AND FINANCE
World Bank approves $ 75m to support job creation in Haiti
October 1, 2021 The Board of Directors of the World Bank on Tuesday approved a donation of US $ 75 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Private…
WHO WILL DELIVER T&T FROM DISINFORMATION, DEFAULT AND DARKNESS?
By: Staff Writer October 1, 2021 Caribbean economist Marla Dukharan issued a scathing rebuke of Trinidad and Tobago’s economic trajectory into junk bond status by Moody’s. In her Caribbean Monthly…
Two Central American countries top IDB “Superheroes” list
October 1, 2021 The IDB Group announced the four winners of the Superheroes of Development 2021 Initiative’s fourth edition, which recognizes creative and innovative solutions during the execution of IDB…
Digicel Builds Deep Blue One Subsea Cable Connecting French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.
October 1, 2021 Digicel is making a significant investment in international submarine capacity with the build of its Deep Blue One subsea cable and has signed a partnership agreement with…
Will anyone be held accountable for TT National Gas Company loss of over US$100M ?
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com As Trinidad and Tobago gets set to hear its seventh consecutive National Budget from the People’s National Movement led Government on October 4th, where it is…
CariCRIS assigns Corporate Credit Ratings for Sygnus Credit Investments Limited
September 28, 2021 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has assigned initial issuer/corporate credit ratings of jmBBB on the Jamaica national scale (Foreign Currency and Local Currency) to…
From Farm to Hair – Meet Javin Williams, Founder of Herboo
September 28, 2021 Most people have heard the saying: ‘Grandma knows best’. But, in the case of Jamaican entrepreneur Javin Williams, CEO at organic cosmetics company ‘Herboo Botanicals’, this old…
TT opens arms wide to Chinese Firms as it invites potential investors.
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 24, 2021 Trinidad and Tobago is looking forward to Chinese firms establishing business and manufacturing plants in its latest Industrial Park, Phoenix Park Industrial Estate.…
ArawakX Opens Office in Silicon Valley
September 24, 2021 ArawakX, the Caribbean’s newest Stock Exchange, recently opened a new office in Silicon Valley, California. “We are delighted to expand into the U.S. market as we develop…
Pure Jamaican sends weed seeds to St Vincent for Volcano relief
September 24, 2021 Pure Jamaican, Through Its Gi Life Farm in Jamaica, Announces a Donation of 10,000 Premium Cannabis Seeds to the Country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to…
President of Guyana to feature at the region’s first Agricultural Technology Investment Summit
September 24, 2021 Caribbean Export Development Agency to host the regions first agricultural technology summit. H.E. Dr. Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative of Guyana to deliver keynote address. Caribbean…