BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Friday, August 2, 2024.
SANTIAGO – Latin America and the Caribbean recorded a second consecutive year of declines in the flow of global foreign direct investment (FDI) receiving US$184.304 billion dollars last year, according to a new report issued by the Economic Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
NASSAU -The Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBB) says it is evaluating the feasibility of creating a regulatory sandbox to support entities that wish to introduce innovative fintech products, services, delivery channels, and technology platforms to potential customers and investors.
KINGSTOWN – Health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of dengue fever in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three years after the last outbreak claimed at least seven lives, most of them children.
RIO DE JANEIRO -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the global health initiative, Unitaid, to intensify collaboration in advancing the HIV response in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
PORT AU PRINCE -The United States says the security situation in Haiti is “unpredictable and dangerous,” and warned its nationals to not travel to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
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