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TORONTO (CANADA) – RBC Royal Bank (RY on TSX and NYSE) has been named as the Latin American & Caribbean Retail Bank of the Year by Retail Banker International (RBI).…

Company acquires IT Outsource increasing Managed Services capabilities Ability to offer customers a true end-to-end B2B solution by leveraging existing connectivity services MIAMI -- C&W Communications, operator of the Flow,…

The emerging peer-to-peer car rental sector is projected to grow at 10 per cent annually, and it has finally reached the Caribbean. The region’s first peer-to-peer car rental platform, Rent…

So serious are the issues facing the region that its leaders have decided to restructure the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) to enable it to raise additional monies from individuals, companies,…

A US$1 billion multi-resort development that will add approximately 4,700 new rooms in Jamaica’s tourism sector has broken ground. The project, Sugarcane Bay Jamaica in Llandovery, St. Ann, is being…

Jamaica is expecting that it will see 340,000 fewer tourists than it had projected this year in light of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has triggered…

Barbados has joined five other Caribbean countries to launch an online investment guide or iGuide with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Caribbean…

The University of the Virgin Island’s (UVI) Research and Technology Park (RTPark) announced recently that applications have now opened for the Spring 2020 cohort of Accelerate VI, a startup accelerator…

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging Member States to continue to be vigilant and to step up surveillance at their ports of entry, although the risk of the…

The Caribbean Export Development Agency has recently received commendation from H.E. Ambassador Daniela Tramacere, Head of the EU Delegation of the European Union to Barbados, Eastern Caribbean, OECS, and CARICOM/CARIFORUM,…

Technology giant Mastercard recently announced the launch of its Smart Islands program in the Caribbean, leading the journey towards developing smarter islands and cashless societies to strengthen economies throughout the…

At least one person is said to have been killed when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Jan. 7th, following a 5.8 magnitude quake the day before. And…

The Bahamas is in line for US$50 million to help it recover from the devastating Hurricane Dorian which left Grand Bahama and Abaco in shambles when it hit at the…

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$20 million credit to support Grenada’s transition to a resilient blue economy. The Second Fiscal Resilience and Blue Growth Development…

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Mission Chief for Barbados, Bert van Selm says the Barbados government is doing a good job of getting the economy back on track, but there…