LETTER: Honour women in STEM
June 27, 2025 Globally, only 16.5% of engineers are women. Historically, the field of engineering has been a typically male environment. STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at school…
COMMENTARY: The continuing distress of the Haitian people
By: Sir Ronald Sanders June 27, 2025 The situation in Haiti is worsening, and the ordinary people of Haiti—already among the most impoverished in the Western Hemisphere—are its most tragic…
China has more LAC ports than previously thought
By: Staff Writer June 27, 2025 A new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says that the People’s Republic of China’s interest in Latin American and…
World Bank: Caribbean tourism at critical juncture
By: Staff Writer June 27, 2025 The World Bank in a recent report said that tourism in the Caribbean is at a critical juncture as the COVID-19 pandemic exposed structural…
Caribbean Export and Canada Launch GRIT Project in Saint Lucia to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
June 27, 2025 The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in partnership with the Government of Canada, is proud to announce the launch of GRIT – Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Generating…
CDB and IDB Invest Launch Strategic Partnership to Empower Caribbean Private Sector
June 27, 2025 IDB Invest and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) announced a new strategic partnership to support private sector development in the region. This renewed collaboration focuses…
Honduras Transforms Rural Education with IDB Support
June 27, 2025 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $55 million loan to support Honduras in improving access to and the quality of education in rural areas and…
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Jamaica
June 27, 2025 On June 12, 2025, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1] with Jamaica and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without…
Kingdom of the Netherlands – Sint Maarten: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
June 27, 2025 Sint Maarten’s economy expanded by 3.3 percent in 2024, supported by strong tourism activity. Stayover tourism grew remarkably despite a short-lived setback caused by the electricity crisis,…
EDITORIAL: What more can we say about Haiti?
June 24, 2025 How can we care about Haiti when it doesn’t even care about itself? They can’t control their own community gangs to protect their own children, so how…
AUDIO: Devotions led by Rev Marie Hepburn
June 24, 2025 Originally published on February 25, 2025 Devotions led by Reverend Marie Hepburn, Rector of St. Jude’s Parish Church in Smiths Point, Grand Bahama.
COMMENTARY: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
By: Lilia Burunciuc June 24, 2025 Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As…