COMMENTARY: Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration? Part 3
By Sir Ronald Sanders August 12, 2022 So far in this attempt to answer the question, “Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration”, it has been established that, after…
TOUCHSTONE EXPLORATION GETS EIA GREEN LIGHT, SHARES Q2 FISCAL REPORT
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com August 12, 2022 Onshore producers of oil and gas in Trinidad and Tobago, Touchstone Exploration, says it is closer to getting the official clearance for further…
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GETS FIRST DIGITAL CURRENCY
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com August 12, 2022 The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago gave provisions to PayWise Limited to operate as a digital currency issuer, with it set to…
Cartels await Venezuelan migrants in Colombia says Crisis Report!
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2022 The International Crisis Group released a report detailing how 2.5m Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia after fleeing their home country on humanitarian grounds now…
Reimagining social protection systems in the Caribbean
August 11, 2022 In my discussion with the Caribbean leaders, food security comes up often. The COVID-19 pandemic has undermined food security on a global scale, and with the additional…
Dominican Republic Struggles to Curb Rampant Sex Trafficking
August 12, 2022 The dismantling of a large transnational human trafficking network in the Dominican Republic has revealed how dozens of women from Colombia and Venezuela continue to be lured…
Jamaica reports three Monkeypox cases, confirms Health Ministry
August 11, 2022 Jamaica has confirmed the third case of the Monkeypox virus. This is the first locally-acquire case which indicated that the patient has no recent travel history as…
Kingdom of the Netherlands-Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2022 Article IV Consultation Discussions-Press Release; and Staff Report
August 12, 2022 The economies of Curaçao and Sint Maarten are recovering from the pandemic but facing multiple challenges, including spillovers from the war in Ukraine. Curaçao was in a…
Investment manager convicted over $121M Cayman fund
Reporting by Kirstin Ridley; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise, Reuters August 12, 2022 An investment manager of a collapsed 100-million-pound ($121 million) Cayman Islands-based legal financing fund was on Wednesday convicted…
CHICOS, the largest tourism investment summit in the Caribbean returns to the Dominican Republic
August 12, 2022 Tourism Minister David Collado announced Monday that the Dominican Republic will host the Caribbean Hotel Investment and Operations Summit (CHICOS), to be held in November. The CHICOS…