By: Staff Writer October 10, 2023 The Caribbean Week of Agriculture(CWA), 2023 opened in The Bahamas with the Prime Minister touting a “boom” for agriculture in the region very soon,…
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CEDA partners with IDB for Digital Transformation Institute
By: Staff Writer October 10, 2023 The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) executive director said that innovation and digitisation is “critical” for the ease of doing business in the Caribbean…
Can the Caribbean Birth the Next Unicorn?
October 10, 2023 InstaCart, a prominent US-based grocery delivery application, made its much-anticipated debut in the public market last week with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) valued at a staggering…
Caribbean ‘Cadmium Talks’ Launched: To improve the management of Cadmium levels in cocoa and increase export viability
October 10, 2023 In response to the introduction in January 2019 of European Union (EU) regulations that stipulate stringent maximum levels (MLs) for cadmium content in chocolate and cocoa products…
TISAKSUK, “MADE IN HAITI” TAKES THE MARKET BY STORM
October 10, 2023 In 10 years, TiSakSuk has gone from a platform for selling “Made in Haiti” handicrafts to an increasingly renowned brand of painted clothing, which finds its market…
Opening, 17th Caribbean Week of Agriculture
October 10, 2023 The 17th Caribbean Week of Agriculture gets underway in Nassau, The Bahamas, 9-13 October 2023 under the theme ‘Accelerating Vision 25 by 2025’. The CWA provides a…
World Bank says “strong growth” needed to address budget challenges for region
By: Staff Writer October 6, 2023 Budget constraints have Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries scrambling to make reforms to address the strain on public spending, but the World Bank…
CEO: Don’t accept minimum wage jobs as the limit
October 6, 2023 The CEO of a regional recruitment firm is reminding working adults throughout the Caribbean that they do not have to settle for minimum wage jobs as the…
Cayman Islands: Technical Assistance Report-Improving Estimates of Gross Domestic Product
October 6, 2023 A technical assistance mission to the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) of the Cayman Islands supported improved methods for compiling Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by economic activity…
CariCRIS reaffirms “high” creditworthiness ratings of NCB Financial Group Limited
September 29, 2023 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has reaffirmed the regional scale issuer ratings assigned to NCB Financial Group Limited (NCBFG or the Group) to CariA+…
CariCRIS upgrades ‘good creditworthiness’ ratings of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited
September 29, 2023 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has upgraded the Issuer/Corporate Credit Ratings assigned to National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ or the Bank) by 1-notch…