Study: Fintech Industry Doubles in Size in Three Years in Latin America and the Caribbean

April 29, 2022 Third edition of IDB, IDB Invest and Finnovista study highlights the rise of the fintech ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean, growing 112 percent from 2018 to 2021.…

Royal Caribbean Group and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Recommit to Partnership

April 29, 2022 Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL), announced its new commitment to the next phase of its ongoing partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for guidance and counsel in…

Latin America Faces Unusually High Risks

By Santiago Acosta-Ormaechea, Ilan Goldfajn and Jorge Roldos April 29, 2022 The war in Ukraine is shaking the global economy and raising uncertainty about the outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean. The impact is being…

ibex Cares: Jamaica Team Raises $1m JMD to Help Coworker

April 29, 2022 ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX), a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer engagement technology solutions, today announced its team in Jamaica raised $1 million JMD to…

ExxonMobil makes three new discoveries offshore Guyana, increases Stabroek resource estimate to nearly 11bn barrels

April 29, 2022  ExxonMobil has made three new discoveries offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels.  ExxonMobil…

Economic Slowdown Deepens in Latin America and the Caribbean: Average Regional Growth of 1.8% Expected in 2022

April 29, 2022 Today ECLAC released new economic projections for the countries of the region. Lower expected growth will be accompanied by higher inflation and slow employment recovery. The economies…

CDB urges bold and urgent actions to transform the Region’s energy landscape

April 29, 2022 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has made a clarion call to strategic partners to work together to execute bold and urgent actions to transform the Region’s energy…

CARICOM Secretariat holds live radio and online programme on Census 

April 29, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat held a live radio and online discussion on Thursday, 28 April 2022, on the Population and Housing Census. Among the participants on the interactive…

EDITORIAL: Lots of talk on Cultural development for the region, but it’s all talk!

April 26, 2022 We have been watching with earnest the amount of bluster and blather about developing the orange economy, and if possible, monetizing it. But there are only a…

AUDIO: Devotions led by Rev’d Andrew Toppin

April 26, 2022 Devotions led by Rev’d Fr. Andrew Toppin, Rector of St James’ Church Adelaide New Providence, The Bahamas.

CALL FOR MUSICIANS FOR: THE TROPICSPIN MUSIC AND SONG COMPETITION

Arawak Media is calling for all amateur musicians and entertainers in the Caribbean and Central America to submit their music videos to be featured at the TropicSpin Music and Song…

SKN: PM Harris may call early election to stave off no confidence vote: Days are numbered!

By: Staff Writer April 26, 2022 The coalition government in St Kitts and Nevis is falling apart at Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris could face a vote of no confidence…