WASHINGTON, DC – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$415 million for Jamaica under the Rapid Financing Instrument’s (RFI) large natural disaster window.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) has secured a J$15.1-billion (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) bailout in the form of a rescue package needed to stabilise the company after catastrophic losses in its US operations brought it to the brink of collapse.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI) says the energy companies operating here had generated an estimated US$17.3 billion in foreign exchange between 2011 and 2024.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is seeking to borrow up to one billion US dollars on the international market and has appointed J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Bank of America Securities Inc.as joint lead managers and arrangers for the issuance.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that the new Coat of Arms will be introduced on banknotes IN August, beginning with TT$100 denomination.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr Irfaan Ali says all underperforming sugar estates will be placed under a microscope.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali says Guyana is entering a decisive phase of industrial and manufacturing growth and is urging local production to expand to meet the rising demand of a rapidly growing economy.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says it will be taking “strong action” to preserve the integrity of the Overseas Employment Programme
KINGSTON, Jamaica By CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Friday defended the decision of his administration to facilitate financing for the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to accelerate grid restoration, including a loan facility valued at US$150 billion.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed that a senior official of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC), in which Venezuela has a 25 per cent shareholding, had been questioned by United States authorities during a recent trip to the North American country.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says domestically, the fluid geopolitical tension between the United States and Venezuela is contributing to building economic uncertainty.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The US oil and energy giant, ExxonMobil has been granted an environmental clearance from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) for a major seismic survey off the east coast.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Irfaan Ali says two containers of locally produced agro-processed goods are destined for Caribbean markets, in what he has described as a concrete step in turning farm output into export driven wealth for households and communities.















