WASHINGTON, DC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says The Bahamas economy remains resilient even as it acknowledged that growth is expected to decelerate slightly in 2025.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Natural Resources has strongly urged miners across Guyana to cease the practice of paying workers in raw gold, warning that the illegal method of compensation undermines transparency, weakens gold declarations, and exposes workers to exploitation and unsafe practices.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Monday said that the Caribbean is at a developmental crossroads and that the decisions made and strategies employed will determine whether the subregion escapes the middle-income trap that has bedevilled many economies.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Bermuda government says investments totalling more than US$600 million had been invested in the local economy.

GEORGETOWN. Guyana – The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Natural Resources, will on Tuesday, be signing off on a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with Cybele Energy for exploration activities in Block S 7.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The business community is awaiting the next move by the authorities after the weekend dismissal of the chief executive officer of the Export Import Bank (EximBank), Navin Dookeran.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her government will restart the state-owned Petrotrin oil refinery that had been shut down by the Keith Rowley administration in 2018 because of outstanding debts totalling billions of dollars.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua and Barbuda has recorded one of its strongest fiscal performances in modern history, with  a primary surplus of EC$254.9 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents)  and an overall surplus of $116.3 million.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica has taken another significant step towards fulfilling its aspiration of becoming a major logistics hub with the deployment of two new ship‑to‑shore (STS) cranes at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL).

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada - The Public Workers Union (PWU) says the government has so far this year, not honoured an agreement reached for a five per cent salary increase for workers at the country’s lone community college because it wants to re-negotiate the package.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall says Grenada’s economic performance this year is “nothing short of remarkable” estimating that  real gross domestic product (GDP) will reach 6.2 per cent.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Banana Board says 116 banana and plantain farmers will begin receiving payments totalling J$20 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) following the destruction caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.