BUSINESS · Sep 16
Jamaicca tourism pension scheme financially strong
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 16, CMC – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme (TWPS) has accumulated more than six…
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BUSINESS · Sep 16
New funding initiative for women businesses in the Caribbea
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 16, CMC – Women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs) across the Caribbean are to benefit from a new…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Central bank warns against sharing of BiMPay codes
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 15, CMC – The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Tuesday warned the public against sharing their BiMPay verification codes,…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Petroleum revenues projected at more than six billion US dollars this year
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 15, CMC – Guyana’s petroleum sector is expected to generate revenue totalling US$6.5 billion for this year, as the…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Government to absorb increased subsidy as fuel price increases on global market
PORT OF SPAN, Trinidad, Sept 15, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Tuesday said it is prepared to absorb the multi-million…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Central bank denies US sanctions on local banks
NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 15, CMC – The Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBB) has described as “false, misleading, and not supported by…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Money sent home by migrants nearly doubles in a decade
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15, CMC – The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says migrants sent an estimated US$728.6 billion…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Bermuda’s economy expanded by nearly one per cent during first first quarter of this year
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 15, CMC -The Bermuda government says the economy has expanded by an estimated 0.5 per cent in the first…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Government commits to major grid overhaul as electricity demand set to double by 2029
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 15, CMC -The Guyana government says the rapid expansion of the economy has placed unprecedented pressure on the existing…
BUSINESS · Sep 15
Bank identifies two cybersecurity developments that pose threats to wider OECS region
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, Sept 15, CMC – The Bank of Nevis Limited says it has been advised by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank…