KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican business mogul, Michael Lee-Chin has been awarded more than US$43 million in an investment dispute with the Dominican Republic.

WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank Wednesday said Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries have made progress in macroeconomic resiliency over previous decades and navigated the multiple post-pandemic crises with relative success.

KINGSTON, St. Vincent – The London-based Commonwealth Secretariat says it has rolled out a state-of-the-art software program in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to transform how the country manages its public debt portfolio of US$2.2 billion.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said that economic activity continues to bounce back from the sharp declines registered during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and that economic growth for Antigua and Barbuda this year is projected at 5.7 percent.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says that real gross domestic product (GDP0 grew by three percent in the first quarter of this year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Executive Director of the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Tuesday praised Caribbean women for being a testament to the very concept of resilience as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched a new initiative to empower women.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will host the Caribbean Digital Summit and ICT Week 2023, from October 16-20.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia -Export Sr. Lucia, the state-owned agency responsible for export promotion, international marketing and trade facilitation, says its fourth shipment of sea moss to Dubai underscores the potential for establishing a niche market for the product in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says an investigation will be launched to determine why the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) went ahead and negotiated a reduction in ExxonMobil’s audited US$214 million expense.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government says it will be signing a bilateral investment treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The government of Grenada says that effective January 01^st it will commence a method of compensation to workers both in the private and public sectors that will see the end of disparity in salary based on gender and at the same time enforce a minimum livable wage.

NEW YORK, New York – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has released ConectaLAC, a pioneering digital analytics platform that will help governments and investors identify opportunities and design cost-effective projects to close digital connectivity gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).