•  OECS-INSURANCE-Regional group launched to push for better insurance laws

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - An umbrella group of Caribbean insurances companies has been launched to liaise with regional governments on the adoption...

•  CARIBBEAN-INSURANCE-Report says Caribbean insurance encouraging

DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – A new report on insurance companies in the Caribbean has described the region’s regulation policies in that area as...

•  GRENADA-FINANCE-Bank receiver rejects claims of wrongdoing

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC - The court appointed receiver of the locally owned Capital Bank International (CBI), David Holukoff, has dismissed...

•  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...