BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Thursday, November 28, 2024.
CASTRIES – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says it negotiations taking place at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Korea will result in a treaty that effectively empowers small island developing states (SIDS) to tackle the pressing issue of plastic pollution.
BASSETERRE -The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is encouraging all licensed financial institutions (LFIs) in the sub-region to make basic bank accounts available to their customers, effective December 1 this year.
BELMOPAN – The Central Bank of Belize (CBB) says from January to September this year, the broad money supply in the country grew by BDZ$280.8 million (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents), driven by a substantial rise in the net foreign assets of the banking system, while net domestic credit declined.
NASSAU – National Security Minister, Wayne Munroe, has dismissed suggestions that he is the “high-ranking politician” beng referred to by United States law enforcement authorities to facilitate a cocaine trafficking scheme.
WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is calling on Latin America and Caribbean countries (LAC) to coordinate fiscal and human resource management more closely to optimise government employment, which accounts for a third of regional public expenditure.
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