•  BARBADOS-MANUFACTURING-Government to roll out more support for local manufacturing

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has promised to be more creative in encouraging more investment in manufacturing in order to...

•  JAMAICA-TRADE-Jamaica-Guyana holding talks on rice

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Industry and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda has left here for Guyana for talks with the Bharrat Jagdeo government over plans...

•  CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Trade and Economic ministers to meet in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Trade and economics ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet here on Saturday to discuss a number of trade...

•  CARIBBEAN-TRADE-CARICOM top official worried about EPA’s impact on relations with Africa

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Edwin Carrington says the recently negotiated Economic Partnership...

•  CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-Foreign direct investment in the region reaches record high in 2007

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the region received a record US$106...

•  SURINAME-ENERGY-Government to renegotiate energy contract with Canadian gold miner

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Suriname government will renegotiate its energy contract with Rosebel Goldmines, a subsidiary of Canadian...

•  GUYANA-FLOUR-Processing plant hikes flour prices

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, CMC - Guyana's lone flour processing plant says it can no longer subsidise the cost of the commodity and has passed on the price...

•  BERMUDA-BUSINESS-Controversial fund and related companies wound up

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – A Bermuda-based investment fund, which was fined a record US$45 million in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) last week, has...

•  CARIBBEAN-TRADE-Move to increase air links between Curacao and rest of the region

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Airline interests in Curacao are exploring the possibility of increased links with the rest of the Caribbean region.

•  BARBADOS-TRADE-EPA could help boost trade between Curacao and CARICOM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President of the Antillean Industrial Association (AIA) Donald Henrietta says Curaçao can benefit from trading with the...