CASTRIES, St. .Lucia – The St. Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, Monday said it has successfully concluded a high-level initiative aimed at strengthening the economic resilience of the Eastern Caribbean through evidence-based policy making for trade in services.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Tuesday said Caribbean economies have achieved notable fiscal consolidation and debt reduction despite the persistence of high global interest rates and volatile energy markets.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica made important gains in national development in 2025 despite a series of shocks that tested the country’s resilience, according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ) 2025.

BELMOPAN, Belize - Belize's government says it does not support the proposed acquisition of Speednet Communications Limited by the Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The chief executive officer of the US-based Pinnacle Steel and Vanadium Company, Edwin Bennet, says the refurbishment of the former ArcelorMittal steel facility, is aimed at transforming Trinidad and Tobago into a major producer of vanadium.

GENEVA – A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stood out as the only region to show a decline in both the youth unemployment rate and not in employment, education or training (NEET) rate,  nine of the Caribbean countries saw youth unemployment increase between 2023 and 2025.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) says it has been vested with the title to the lands upon which the Beachfield gas processing facility in Guayaguayare, the southeasternmost village here.

As Jamaicans locally and overseas celebrate the nation’s season of Emancipation and 64 years of Independence, general manager of JN Money, Horace Hines, is lauding members of the Jamaican diaspora for their continued support of Jamaica’s future through their contributions to the economy and their involvement in rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Melissa.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is finalising efforts to launch a 10-year agricultural development plan following extensive consultations with farmers, researchers, exporters, private-sector stakeholders and development partners.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – President Jennifer Simons says Suriname did not secure a loan from Bank of America during her recent working visit to London and that her discussions with the financial institution were intended solely on building a strategic partnership.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government Monday announced that it had terminated its agreements with the US-based oil and gas company, Global Petroleum Group (GPG) after it said that the company had failed “to meet its obligations”.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - President Jennifer Simons says the oil and gas sector alone will not create sufficient employment in Suriname and that investments should therefore be made in other sectors of the economy.