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09/10/2025
Belize Investment Summit 2025
Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation Advances Belize’s Sustainable Blue EconomyBELMOPAN, Belize – The Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation (MBEMC) participated in the Belize Investment Summit 2025, where it showcased the nation’s vast potential in advancing a thriving and sus

09/10/2025
IMF executive board concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation discussions with The Kingdom of the Netherlands—Curaçao and Sint Maarten
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2025 Article IV consultation discussions with The Kingdom of the Netherlands—Curaçao and Sint Maarten on a lapse of time basis on September 2, 2025.In both islands, economic activity was strong, driven by tourism and construc
09/09/2025
St Jude Hospital under (re) construction 16 years later
CASTRIES, St Lucia – On the 16th anniversary of the St Jude Hospital fire, September 9, 2009, and still operating at the George Odlum Stadium in Vieux-Fort, plans are said to be underway for the opening of the “new” St Jude Hospital at the soonest and before the 2025/26 general election.Prime Minis

09/09/2025
Germany contributes EUR 25 Million for IOM-Supported Women and Youth Project in Ecuador
GENEVA / ECUADOR – The government of Germany has committed EUR 25 million to a new project supporting migrants, returnees, and host communities in Ecuador, with a particular focus on women and youth. The initiative, implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), aims to improve s

09/09/2025
IDB announces $2.5 Billion and rapid response task force for security in Latin America and Caribbean
At the Regional Security and Justice Summit, the IDB presented a new phase of the Alliance for Security, Justice, and Development, with a historic increase in the scale of its operations. BUENOS AIRES — During the Regional Security and Justice Summit, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) annou

09/09/2025
Jamaican national pleads guilty to long-running fraud scheme
WASHINGTON, USA – A Jamaican national, who was previously extradited to the United States from Jamaica, pleaded guilty on Friday in the US District Court for the District of South Dakota in connection a long running scheme to defraud a California woman.Dwayne Anderson, 35, of Hannover, Jamaica, plea

09/09/2025
Women leaders of diasporas from Latin America and the Caribbean strengthen networking to benefit migrants, refugees, and displaced persons
WASHINGTON, USA – Twenty-seven women leaders of diasporas from Latin America and the Caribbean agreed to create a platform for communication, the exchange of best practices, and the visibility of each diaspora, among other measures to promote the protection and integration of women in contexts of hu
09/09/2025
CDB champions data-driven growth in the Caribbean’s Creative Economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), is placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy.Speaking at CIIF’s Creative Talk panel, “Collect, Anal