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.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The Trinidad and Tobago  government is exploring the possibility of regional and international partners being involved in the re-start of the state-owned oil refinery that was shut down  in 2018 when the former government said the cost of upgrading the refinery would have loaded the company with an unsustainable debt burden estimated at TT$12 billion of which TT$5.780 billion is due in August 2019.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former energy minister Stuart Young Monday said reports that the Canada-based Nutrien plans to sells off overseas assets and redirects capital toward potash “will be a disaster”  for Trinidad and Tobago.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Godwin Friday says his New Democratic Party (NDP) government is exploring ways to ease the pressure the EC$3.1 billion national debt placed on government finances.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has expressed concern that the impact of Hurricane Melissa on the economy was more pronounced than initially anticipated, creating a greater risk that the inflation impact could be larger.