CASTRIES, St. Lucia - St.  Lucia Cruise Port (SLCP), the new operator of the cruise port at Port Castries, has settled outstanding cruise-related debts in the amount of over US$17 million on behalf of the Saint Lucia Air & Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana says it will import 50,000 high-yielding coconuts from Costa Rica to further advance its coconut industry.

THE VALLEY, Anguilla - The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCU), Timothy Antoine says regional recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remains remarkably resilient.

ST GEORGE’s, Grenada – The regional Fintech company, WiPay has issued a statement to address recent reports regarding the verification of its license by the Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions (GARFIN).

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Friday approved a US$16 million grant to improve policy implementation and service delivery to citizens in Haiti through digital transformation of public management. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says the damage to the agricultural sector following the passage of Hurricane Beryl earlier this month, is now estimated at J$4.73 billion (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents), up from the earlier preliminary estimate of one billion dollars.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions, has revoked the license of WiPay, a Trinidad and Tobago electronic money service business which was established in 2017 but launched here in 2023.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced plans to  introduce a new minimum threshold for its Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) in response to pressure from the European Union (EU).

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Citi, one of the largest banks in the United States, has announced that it will cease its operations in Haiti after 50 years in operation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Energy and Energy Industries Minister, Stuart Young, Tuesday said that he is pleased with the decision by Shell that it has taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) to proceed with its development of the Manatee gas field.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica agricultural sector is reported to have suffered damages estimated at more than one billion dollars (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) as a result of the passage of Hurricane Beryl  last week, Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Floyd Green has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ), through its philanthropic arm, NCB Foundation, on Friday announced the launch of a J$300-million disaster relief fund to support people affected by Hurricane Beryl, which ravaged several parts of the island earlier this week.