BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday said it had approved a US$10-million line of credit to expand access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Trinidad and Tobago.

BASSETERRE,, St. Kitts - The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)  has launched its strategic plan for the period 2026-31, seeking too bring meaningful transformation to the people of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), maintain a string Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar as well as participate in the pilot for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) payment and settlement system, CAPS.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has introduced a new initiative designed to strengthen the competitiveness, operational efficiency and market access of agricultural micro and small enterprises (AgriMSEs) in five Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The International Monetary Fund (IMF)  Friday said that Dominica’s economic growth accelerated to 4.5 per cent last year supported by robust tourism and targeted development investments.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s trade deficit widened during the period January to November 2025.

ROSEAU, Dominica –  The Dominica government Wednesday said it will be taking measures to cushion the impact of the ongoing war in the Middle East acknowledging that events thousands of miles away will significantly affect the price of fuel, the cost of food, the stability of jobs, and the strength of the local economy.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana says it will within the next six months roll out a national payment platform and expand access to digital wallets allowing users to make payments using their mobile devices and reducing reliance on cash.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says discussions are continuing with the United States-based bulk fuel supplier, Curlew Midstream, regarding a proposal to establish a bulk fuel storage facility that had failed to meet its 2025 year end deadline.

GERGETOWN, Guyana - The president of ExxonMobil Guyana, President Alistair Routledge, says a second gas-to-energy (GTE) project is being pursued in Berbice and the pipeline to bring the natural gas onshore could cost an estimated two billion US dollars.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bank of Jamaica says in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the island’s automated banking machine (ABM) network remains short of full recovery with roughly one in eight machines still out of service.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, says the process of selecting an expert to resolve the multi-million dollar dispute the energy company has with the Guyana government is still ongoing almost a year after the parties had agreed to the initiative.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released its 2025 Statistical Yearbook, outlining key trends in the region’s social, economic and environmental landscape.