ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed that a senior official of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC), in which Venezuela has a 25 per cent shareholding, had been questioned by United States authorities during a recent trip to the North American country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT)  says domestically, the fluid geopolitical tension between the United States and Venezuela is contributing to building economic uncertainty.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The US oil and energy giant, ExxonMobil has been granted an environmental clearance from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) for a major seismic survey off the east coast.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The Trinidad and Tobago  government is exploring the possibility of regional and international partners being involved in the re-start of the state-owned oil refinery that was shut down  in 2018 when the former government said the cost of upgrading the refinery would have loaded the company with an unsustainable debt burden estimated at TT$12 billion of which TT$5.780 billion is due in August 2019.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former energy minister Stuart Young Monday said reports that the Canada-based Nutrien plans to sells off overseas assets and redirects capital toward potash “will be a disaster”  for Trinidad and Tobago.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Godwin Friday says his New Democratic Party (NDP) government is exploring ways to ease the pressure the EC$3.1 billion national debt placed on government finances.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has expressed concern that the impact of Hurricane Melissa on the economy was more pronounced than initially anticipated, creating a greater risk that the inflation impact could be larger.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that the more than 13,000 members of the Disciplined Services would receive a one-month tax free bonus salary for the Christmas season 2025.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government is to provide a GUY$100,000 in cash grant to citizens 18 years and older as it announced several economic initiatives here on Wednesday night.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)  is forecasting that economic growth in the Caribbean, except Guyana for 2026,  will  be 1.8 per cent, at a slightly slower pace compared with 2025.

CASTRIES,  St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission Tuesday congratulated St. Lucia on the formal endorsement of the country’s Coastal and Marine Spatial Plan, saying that it underscores the country’s “continued leadership and commitment to sustainable ocean governance and the advancement of its Blue Economy aspirations”.