ibex Appoints Tamara Ricketts-Brown Jamaica Country Manager

June 30, 2023 ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX), a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer engagement technology solutions, today announced that Tamara Ricketts-Brown has been appointed Senior Vice…

Gender-responsive, inclusive approaches, needed to address Gender Inequality in the Caribbean

June 30, 2023 The need for gender-responsive, inclusive approaches, laws and policies that address gaps in early childcare services, and a men and boys platform for peace and action, are…

CDB Strengthening its Response to Issues Affecting Caribbean Indigenous Peoples

June 30, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is deepening its engagement with Indigenous Peoples across the Caribbean and strengthening its response to issues affecting these communities, Vice President of…

CDB Pays Tribute to The Right Honourable Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford

June 30, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) joins the nation of Barbados in mourning the passing of Former Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. In addition…

Region-wide movement to end violence against women and girls boosted by CARICOM Model KAP Tool  

June 30, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has produced its first Compendium of Model Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) Tool for the Region on Social Gender Norms and Violence…

Country Report No. 2023/231 : Costa Rica: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, First Review Under the Resilience and Sustainability Arrangement, Request for Modification of Reform Measure Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, and Monetary Policy Consultation

June 30, 2023 Recent developments. Growth has been resilient despite global headwinds and inflation is on a strong downward trend. The easing of external pressures has allowed the authorities to…

Jamaica: Technical Assistance Report-Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA)

June 30, 2023 Jamaica is highly exposed to multiple natural hazards, including tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts. Jamaica ranks 47th out of 191 countries in the 2023 Inform Risk index.1…

Suriname: Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Rephasing and Reduction of Access, Waivers of nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review

June 30, 2023 The program went off-track in mid-2022, due to the delayed completion of a prior action on parliamentary approval of the VAT law and, subsequently, to spending overruns…

Annual Performance Review of the Portfolio of World Bank-Financed Projects  in Haiti

June 30, 2023 The Government of Haiti and the World Bank Representation in Haiti held the annual meeting on the performance of the portfolio of projects financed by the World…

St Kitts and Nevis announces extension to Citizenship by Investment Programme Sustainable Growth Fund Limited Time Offer due to unprecedented demand

June 30, 2023 International investors have been clamouring to take advantage of one of the best deals in the investment migration industry this year – St Kitts and Nevis’ Sustainable…

EDITORIAL: BARBADOS MOURNS THE DEATH OF FORMER PM SIR LLOYD ERSKINE SANDIFORD

June 27, 2023 Barbados’ fourth Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, died at the age of 86. Remembered as one of the nation’s post independence architects in its development, particularly…

AUDIO: Devotions led by Fr Andrew Toppin

June 27, 2023 Devotions led by Rev’d Fr. Andrew Toppin, Rector of St. George’s, New Providence, The Bahamas.