NASSAU,  Bahamas – The Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas (CAAB)  Tuesday said it had granted approval to the private American aerospace and artificial intelligence company, SpaceX to resume landing Falcon 9 rockets in The Bahamas,

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Monday defended the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme that is being implemented by several countries in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to improve their socio-economic development.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, – Antigua and Barbuda’s Trade Minister, E.P Chet Greene, say 16 years after the Caribbean signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, “the promise of that partnership remains largely unfulfilled for many of us”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government Tuesday said it is leveraging its expanding oil and gas sectors for socio-economic development as well as investing in what that will optimise long term opportunities for the country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The state-owned First Citizens Bank (FCB) has announced a reduction of foreign exchange limit on credit cards, becoming the latest financial institution to do so in Trinidad and Tobago.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday said that it has been issued with two United States General Licences, which provide “a clear and structured legal framework” under US law for certain oil and gas activities in Venezuela and along “our shared maritime border”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St Lucia government says the American multinational transportation company, Uber, is continuing to operate on the island, despite two official warnings being sent to it to cease its illegal operations here.

HAMILTON, Belize - The Bermuda government says the result of the third quarter of the island’s economic performance tells of a “powerful story” about the collective confidence driving the Bermuda forward.

WASHINGTON, DC - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed the “courageous steps” being taken by the Trinidad and Tobago authorities to improve the long-term sustainability of the public pension system.

NASSAU, Bahamas - The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it is providing a US$100 million Receivables Discounting Facility to the Bahamas Striping Group of Companies Ltd (BSGC) to assist with the financing of the rehabilitation and construction of over 200 miles of critical road infrastructure across The Bahamas.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said that economic growth is expected to remain subdued in the near term before gradually recovering over the medium term.

WASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the economy of The Bahamas has strengthened in recent years with a robust post-pandemic tourism sector being the key driver of economic growth and fiscal revenues.