WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has reached an agreement with the government of Haiti to launch a five-year recovery and development plan process.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says his government is continuing to advance key engagements aimed at strategically positioning Jamaica to become the fourth node in the global logistics network.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamian government says the multi-million dollar Cotton Bay Holdings project when completed will provide between 250 to 300 stable  employment jobs for the people of South Eleuthera.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana has renewed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) aimed at strengthening economic and commercial relations between the two countries.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has expressed concern about the rising cost of insurance, insisting that it is a major barrier to climate resilience and threatens the viability of businesses, especially those in the tourism industry.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana says it will open the World Trade Centre Georgetown, Guyana (WTCG) in October this year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  Industry Minister Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is not immediately affected by the ongoing tariff struggle between the world’s largest economies, the United States (US) and China.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago (ECTT) has described as “disappointing” but “not unexpected” the announcement by the United States that it was revoking the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) license that had been granted to Trinidad and Tobago to allow Shell, the National Gas Company (NGC) and contractors to explore, produce, and export natural gas from the Venezuelan Dragon Gas Field.

GENEVA – Antigua and Barbuda has deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies with the World Trade Organization (WTO), becoming the 95th member state to do so.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government has announced a reduction in the rate of duty on Other Hydraulic Cements to zero percent, following what it said had been a series of price increases by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government has signed several contracts worth   US$422.2 million for the construction of electrical transmission lines as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) move towards dealing with the consistent electricity situation across the country.

ROSEAU, Dominica – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation has ended a 10-day visit to Dominica indicating that the island’s economy grew by 3.5 percent last year and is expected to  grow by more than four percent this year.