WHO WILL DELIVER T&T FROM DISINFORMATION, DEFAULT AND DARKNESS?
By: Staff Writer October 1, 2021 Caribbean economist Marla Dukharan issued a scathing rebuke of Trinidad and Tobago’s economic trajectory into junk bond status by Moody’s. In her Caribbean Monthly…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Opening Ceremony, Caribbean Week of Agriculture
October 1, 2021 Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) gets underway 4 October 2021. The virtual event will feature at least 32 activities and more than 100 speakers whose presentations will…
Two Central American countries top IDB “Superheroes” list
October 1, 2021 The IDB Group announced the four winners of the Superheroes of Development 2021 Initiative’s fourth edition, which recognizes creative and innovative solutions during the execution of IDB…
Secretary-General holds wide ranging discussions with Japan’s Ambassador to CARICOM
October 1, 2021 Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Her Excellency Carla Barnett and Japanese Ambassador to CARICOM His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama both praised the excellent relations between the two sides…
New IDB Publication Focuses on Closing the Gender Gaps in the World of Work
October 1, 2021 The publication performs a diagnosis of gender gaps in Central America, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic and makes recommendations on how to boost female participation at…
IDB Invest Partners with GBTI to Boost its Trade Finance Program
October 1, 2021 IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, has incorporated Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) into its Trade Finance Facilitation Program (TFFP) through a guarantee…
El Salvador will Increase Access to Credit for Social Housing with Funding from the IDB
October 1, 2021 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $50 million loan for a program to reduce El Salvador’s housing deficit by providing loans for the purchase of…
Digicel Builds Deep Blue One Subsea Cable Connecting French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.
October 1, 2021 Digicel is making a significant investment in international submarine capacity with the build of its Deep Blue One subsea cable and has signed a partnership agreement with…
CDB President calls for strengthening social resilience to place the Caribbean on a sustainable welfare path
October 1, 2021 The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Gene Leon, urged the region to take bold and innovative steps to surmount the significant development challenges that…
EDITORIAL: Mia Mottley has the naughty bits that men are supposed to have!
September 28, 2021 Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, went up to the United Nations General Assembly and gave them an earful on what the large nations and that very…
VIDEO: Devotions led by Archdeacon Keith Cartwright
September 28, 2021 Devotions led by the Venerable Keith N Cartwright of St Agnes Parish Grants Town, New Providence Bahamas. Archdeacon of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Southern…
COMMENTARY: The power of a picture!
By Jean Hervé Charles The drama of Haitian migrants under the international bridge camping like refugees after an earthquake did raise some eyebrows. Will Joe Biden order the prompt deportation…