ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada's government has published a preliminary list of businesses eligible to participate in the inaugural value added tax VAT-Free weekend on August 28-29 this year under its EC18million(OneECdollar=US0.37 cents) relief package.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Irfaan Ali Tuesday said that a fifth production vessel, regarded as the largest Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) in Guyana’s fleet expected to arrive off the coast of Guyana this week.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Central Bank of The Bahamas says it has observed an increase in the number of entities and individuals reproducing, producing, selling and distributing items incorporating designs, images, symbols or other features that resemble or bear a likeness to banknotes and coins issued by the Central Bank as legal tender in The Bahamas.

 KINGSTON, Jamaica – A former financial stability adviser at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-administered Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre, (CARTAC), Dr. R. Brian Langrin has been appointed as the new Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ).

WASHINGTON, DC - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Tuesday said that Jamaica faces a long road to recovery from the onslaught of Hurricane Melissa last October that resulted in an estimated US$12.2 billion in physical and economic damage.

WASHINGTON, DC – Trinidad and Tobago’s growth dynamics are expected to remain subdued in 2026 following lower-than-expected growth in 2025, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reported on Tuesday.

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.