December 15, 2023 A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Dominica as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical…
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Trèfle Designs closes the year with a successful Fashion Show called “THE RUNWAY”
December 12, 2023 BVI Fashion Designer, Kristin Frazer recently pulled off one of her biggest Fashion Shows to date on Sunday December 3 at an iconic location – the round-a-bout…
La Fuente de la Juventud, the unexpected success of an organic health offer
December 12, 2023 The Spanish explorer and conqueror Juan Ponce de Leon, who was governor of Puerto Rico, and conqueror of Florida (he lived in our country before going to…
First Atlantic Commerce and Mastercard Partner to Foster Financial Inclusion Across Central America and the Caribbean
December 8, 2023 Mastercard, the global technology company in the payments industry, and First Atlantic Commerce (FAC), a leading online payment gateway and fraud management solutions provider, have signed a…
CEO says ‘don’t snub temp jobs’ this holiday season
December 8, 2023 Ahead of this anticipated uptick in seasonal and temporary job vacancies heading into the holiday season and the end of the year, Joseph Boll, Caribbean Employment Services…
Suriname and the IMF Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Fourth Review of the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
December 5, 2023 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Anastasia Guscina conducted virtual and in-person discussions with the Surinamese authorities during October 30-November 8 to discuss policies…
IMF Executive Board Holds Informal Briefing on Venezuela
December 5, 2023 In line with the standard procedures for members whose Article IV consultations with the IMF are extensively delayed, on December 1, 2023, the Executive Board was briefed…
Costa Rica Engages with Multilateral Partners to Launch a Sustainable Project Preparation Facility and Crowd in Climate Investments
December 5, 2023 The Government of Costa Rica announced today the creation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project Preparation Facility (PPF) to leverage public and private sector resources to develop…
Guyana: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
December 5, 2023 The Guyanese economy has tripled in size since the start of oil extraction (end- 2019), from one of the lowest GDP per capita in Latin America and…
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Guyana
December 5, 2023 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Guyana and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting. The Guyanese…
Don’t scrap Dominica CBI despite “free-for-all”
By: Staff Writer December 1, 2023 The Opposition Leader in Dominica hits back at European critics of the country’s Citizenship by Investment programme arguing that over 60 percent of Dominica’s…
Panama president directs First Quantum to shut copper mine after court ruling
December 1, 2023 Panama’s president said on Tuesday that Canadian miner First Quantum’s lucrative copper mine Cobre Panama would be shut down, hours after the country’s Supreme Court declared its…