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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amour Mottley

CARICOM | Rowley Flays Trump Snub - Mottley wants zone of Peace

PORT-OF-SPAIN- Trinidad, March 22, 2019 - The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley is not perturbed by what is said to be a snub by the US President Trump in excluding TT from his meeting on Friday with five Caribbean leaders.

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  • Countries Caribbean
  • Published in CARICOM
Bank of Baroda, Avenue of the Republic and Regent Street

Lower profits, stiffer laws force sale of foreign banks in Guyana, Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 7, 2018 - The Canada-headquartered Scotiabank and India’s Bank of Baroda have decided to sell out their operations in Guyana and other Caribbean countries due to declining profits and tighter anti-financial crimes legislation, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said.

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Scotiabank managing director Stephen Bagnarol addresses reporters on the Republic Bank acquisition at its head office, Port of Spain yesterday

CARIBBEAN | Scotiabank says Caribbean Remains Important

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Scotiabank is not pulling out of the region insisted Scotiatbank's senior vice-president and head of the Caribbean South and East, Stephen Bagnarol  yesterday. Instead, it has decided to focus on its core markets, where they have “size and scale.”

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Finance Minister Dr. Nigel clarke sign a loan agreement with the IDB in Washington, for a $285 million contingent credit facility which will provide immediate financing during the emergency recovery phase after a sudden event. The loan was signed in the US capital, Washington DC on Monday, November 26, 2018.

Jamaica | Holness Signs $285-million contingent credit facility with IDB

WASHINGTON, DC, November 27, 2018 - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness  and his finance minister Dr. Nigel Clarke, yesterday signed a $285 million Contingent Credit Facility, with the Inter-American Development Bank, which will provide immediate financing during  the emergency recovery phase in the event of a national disaster.

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Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson and Minister of Aviation of Ghana, Joseph Kofi Adda signing the agreement, flanked by delegates and officials.

GUYANA, Ghana to explore airline services between Caribbean and Africa

DPI, Guyana, Friday, November 23, 2018 - Guyana and Ghana on Friday signed a bilateral air services agreement that could pave the way for direct flights between Ghana and Guyana once the two countries make the routes  sufficiently attractive for low-cost airlines to get passengers.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Tourism
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission, Dr. Amani Abou-Zied

CARICOM to discuss connecting Africa and the Caribbean via air transport

GEORGETOWN, November 21, 2018 - The examination and  development of air links between the African continent and its diaspora in the Caribbean, will be among the topics to be explored at this week's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) air transport meeting at Georgetown in Guyana.

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CHINA | "The Belt and Road Initiative Looks East"

CHINA | "The Belt and Road Initiative Looks East"

Over the past few months, a team from The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) has done an extensive study into China’s engagement with island nations in the Caribbean and the South Pacific, with a focus on geopolitical and governance-related ramifications.

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