Caribbean Business Reports

Finance

First Rock successfully raises JM$700m

First Rock Capital Holdings has raised $700 million in corporate bonds. The medium term 6.5 per...

Aug 02 | BY

Investment

QWI Investments profits catapult on recovering markets

As global markets continue to recover from the novel coronavirus pandemic-induced declines in 2020, QWI Investments...

Aug 02 | BY

Real Estate

Sygnus Real Estate Finance eyeing another residential resort development

Beaming with success from its Ocean Edge Country Club residential resort development in Discovery Bay,...

Aug 02 | BY

Investment

Sygnus Deneb pushing ahead with investment plans

Despite the novel coronavirus pandemic delaying Sygnus Deneb Investments Limited’s plans in 2020, the regional...

Aug 02 | BY

Insurance

Hong Kong’s Peak Reinsurance acquires Caribbean insurance company

PEAK Reinsurance Co Ltd (Peak Re), a Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, announced on July 28,...

Aug 02 | BY

Investment

FDI inflows to the Caribbean dropped by 36%

The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is reporting that foreign direct investment...

Aug 02 | BY

Politics

Haiti: The case for reparations

Marlene Daut, professor of African diaspora studies at the University of Virginia, in the article...

Aug 02 | BY

Technology

Barbadian companies ink deal with Nigerian tech giant

Barbadian companies Global Integrated Fintech Solutions (GIFTS) and iPay Anywhere have partnered with Nigerian digitial...

Aug 02 | BY

Trade

Caribbean Export head calls for greater support and recognition of MSMEs

DEODAT Maharaj, executive director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), has called for...

Aug 01 | BY

Business Process Outsourcing

itel expands in Guyana, Honduras after acquiring Emerge BPO

THE Yoni Epstein-run itel, a customer experience provider headquartered in Montego Bay, Jamaica, has announced...

Aug 01 | BY

Economy

US consumer confidence up slightly in July

US consumer confidence was largely unchanged between June and July, holding to the lofty heights...

Jul 30 | BY

Agriculture

Agro parks boosting Jamaica’s exports

Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green says that the island’s seven agro parks have...

Jul 30 | BY

Manufacturing

Seprod grows revenues as profits dip

FOOD manufacturing and distribution conglomerate, Seprod Limited for its second quarter has reported continued top-line...

Jul 30 | BY

Manufacturing

PA Benjamin Manufacturing signs new packaging agreement with Canadian firm

HAVN Life Sciences Inc, a biotechnology company based in Vancouver, Canada, has announced a new...

Jul 30 | BY

Health

ECLAC calls for regional strategy for producing, distributing vaccines

LATIN America and the Caribbean can and should become actors in the development and production...

Jul 30 | BY

Banking

JMMB targets bank acquisition in the region

JAMAICA Money Market Brokers (JMMB) Group has announced plans to acquire new banking operations in...

Jul 30 | BY

Tourism

CTO cautiously optimistic about summer travel in the region amid upticks

As new variants of the novel coronavirus pandemic emerge, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has...

Jul 30 | BY

Shipping

J’can business groups petition for reduction in custom duties amid rising freight costs

AS global supply challenges, including the rising cost of freight, continue to negatively affect operators...

Jul 30 | BY

Energy

St Lucia’s geothermal energy project gets approval for World Bank funding

THE World Bank on Wednesday last approved US$21.9 million to fund a geothermal energy exploration...

Jul 30 | BY

Energy

ExxonMobil announces new oil discovery in Guyana

International energy company ExxonMobil said earlier this week that it has made a new discovery at...

Jul 30 | BY