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”.

CARACAS – Venezuela on Monday said it has with “immediate effect” terminated any existing contract, agreement or negotiation with Trinidad and Tobago after accusing Port of Spain of being complicit in the decision of the United States to seize a Venezuela oil tanker last week.

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.