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Caribbean and Latin-America “Free-Trade” Deal Would Reap $11 billion, Says IDB Study   According to a new study released, recently, by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), “Connecting the Dots: A…

Historic US Virgin Islands Waterfront Project Underway   Accompanied by public and private partners, USVI Governor Kenneth Mapp broke ground, recently, on the much awaited Veterans Drive improvement project on…

CDB Announces US$1.5m to Build Greater Climate Resilience through Technology   The board of directors of the Caribbean Development Bank has approved a project that aims to increase the use…

Agriculture Boot Camp for Future Leaders Held in Grenada   Thirty young people from Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique participated, recently, in a three-day boot camp, facilitated by a team…

The government of Belize, with the support of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), is stepping up its climate change adaptation efforts. Belize’s Social Investment Fund (SIF), an implementing agency of…

“The links between the United States and Antigua and Barbuda are long, strong and enduring,” said Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, at a church…

Restoring irrigation systems and road access to farming areas in Dominica are disaster response priorities that are vital to reestablishing the country’s food production destroyed by Hurricane Maria. These priorities…

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) and the Diving and Equipment Marketing Association (DEMA) have agreed to work together to enhance the attractiveness of Caribbean destinations to diving enthusiasts.…

With support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Barbados will increase the appeal of its tourism attractions, with a focus on encouraging more spending by visitors on its unique heritage…

The University of the Virgin Islands RTPark, (UVI RTPark), the Specialist Economic Development Program, has launched a special donation appeal to support the Fund for the US Virgin Islands on…

Antigua and Barbuda joined with forces with St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Lucia in a series of fact-finding meetings with the region’s major cruise lines. The country’s tourism minister,…

The historic, widespread devastation of several CARICOM member states by hurricanes Irma and Maria has heightened the urgency for the region to advocate for meaningful assistance to mitigate the effects…

In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance…

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services, the nation’s fifth largest independent residential real estate firm, is expanding outside of the continental United States for the first time in its 40-year history, with…

The method by which countries determine the economic impact of tourism arrivals is flawed, says former Bahamas Tourism Minister and CEO/Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace. The…