GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – Businesses can expect more support in the coming years, starting with a menu of attractive fiscal measures aimed at driving the expansion of key industries, including agro-processing, tourism, and industrialisation. It is all part and parcel of Guyana’s economic diversifi
WASHINGTON, USA – IDB Invest has joined the GSMA Handset Affordability Coalition, a global initiative designed to accelerate access to smartphones for low-income populations in emerging markets.Led by Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), the coalition brings together key stake
By Donique WestonSAUDI ARABIA / JAMAICA (JIS) – Jamaican conjoined twins, Azaria and Azora Elson, were successfully separated during a five-hour surgery at the King Abdullah Specialised Children’s Hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.The two-year-old twins, their mother, Iesha Mc
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The inaugural Caribbean Sustainable Infrastructure Conference (CSIC 2025) provided an unprecedented opportunity for governments, the private sector and development partners to unite and chart a bold new course for transforming the region.Hosted from November 3–5 by the Caribbe
Caracas declares maximum alert, placing its military on full operational readiness as US forces boost their presence in the Caribbean.By Andreína Chávez AlavaCARACAS, (venezuelanalysis.com) – The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group arrived Tuesday in the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)’s area of
By Christina TrumbachGEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Government’s unaudited Quarterly Financial Report for the Nine-Month Period Ended 30 September 2025 was published in the Cayman Islands Gazette on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, as required by law.The unaudited financial results for
BRAZIL – At COP30 in Belém, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announced the Caribbean Multi-Guarantor Debt-for-Resilience Joint Initiative.The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – De
By Caribbean News Global KINGSTON, Jamaica – Canada’s Secretary of State (International Development), Randeep Sarai, has announced that Canada will match donations made to the Canadian Red Cross hurricane Melissa appeal.Every donation to the Canadian Red Cross appeal from October 28 to November 24,
By Julie CarringtonBRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of economic affairs and investment, Kay McConney, believes that small island states must pay close attention to the rapidly changing global environment and stand ready to confront the realities that are shaping the business landscape.Minister McConn
SANTIAGO DE CHILE – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Wednesday, November 19, its annual report entitled International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025: International trade in a new era of weaponized interdependence.In additio
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (PAHO) – Amid the wreckage left behind by hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm that battered Jamaica on 28 October, a new sign of hope now stands beside Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny: a fully equipped Spanish Emergency Medical Team (EMT) mobile hospital, d
By Caribbean News Global CASTRIES, St Lucia – The political environment in Saint Lucia turned to jubilation last Sunday, with the announcement of general elections December 1, by Prime Minister Philip J Pierre. The SLP was exuberant at a mass rally on the Castries market steps and the UWP on the wa
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Vincent A. Pereira, chairman of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), has announced that the Group achieved a profit attributable to equity holders of USD329 million for the year ended September 30, 2025. This is an increase of USD29 million or 9.7 percent over the 20
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – Guyana has secured a US$15 million signing bonus from a new Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed on Tuesday with a consortium comprising QatarEnergy (35%), TotalEnergies (40%, operator), and PETRONAS (25%) for the shallow-water Block S4 offshore Guyana.The bonus exce
