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…
A new action plan has been introduced to bolster collaboration and coordination among the organisations in the Caribbean region as a whole
December 5, 2023 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed an Addendum to the 2020 Mutual Cooperation Agreement yesterday at the 28th Annual…
EDITORIAL: We are on the final lap of 2023.
December 1, 2023 We are in the final lap of this year of our Lord, 2023. We have to finish it out in peace and happiness. We deserve it, especially…
AUDIO: Devotions by the Rev. Dr Kari Marcelle
December 1, 2023 Devotions the Rev. Dr. Kari Marcelle, Dean of Students and Chaplain, St. John’s College, The Bahamas.
How to make Eggnog Ice cream
By: Chef Carlton Hull December 2, 2022 2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 Cups Eggnog 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 Tbsp rum, bourbon,…
COMMENTARY: Climate Change Realities at COP28: A Critical Assessment
By: Sir Ronald Sanders December 1, 2023 The upcoming Climate Change meeting in Dubai – COP28 – is enveloped in hype, yet expectations of transformational change are misplaced. Industrialized countries,…
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…
ECLAC: Poverty back to pre-pandemic levels in LAC
By: Staff Writer December 1, 2023 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new report said that there was a fall in rates of poverty…
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…
Presentation of Haiti’s eligibility score for the World Bank’s Prevention and Resilience Allocation (PRA)
December 1, 2023 The Haitian Government presented this Tuesday Haiti’s Eligibility Note for the Prevention and Resilience Allocation (PRA) from the World Bank to development partners. This Eligibility Note will be…