BELMOPAN, Belize – The ruling party in Belize, the United Democratic Party (UDP), led by Prime Minister Dean Barrow, won a record third term in general elections held last week. In preliminary results, the UDP won 21 of the country’s 31 constituencies while the main opposition People’s United Party (PUP) had won 10. The newly […]
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – The participation of Curacao, for the first time, in the Havana International Fair (FIHAV) 2015 will be a bright opportunity to strengthen links with Cuba, said Curacao Minister of Economy Stanley Palm. Shortly before leaving for Havana with a business delegation to show goods and services from Curacao at FIHAV, Palm referred […]
BELMOPAN, Belize – In a historic ruling, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ordered the Belize government to pay members of the Maya community compensation for breaching their constitutional rights. A fund of BZ$300,000 (US$150,375) is to be set up as a result of the order. The CCJ ruling was in favour of 25 members […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The World Bank has named Jamaica one of the most improved economies in which to do business globally in the newly released Doing Business Report 2016 (DBR 2016). The report, which looks at countries’ performance in 11 areas of business regulation, has also ranked Jamaica 64 out of 189 countries in the […]
Suriname Trust Bank majority shareholder Jim Rassam, left, and Mohamed Maher Mannai, manager of Islamic Financial Institutions Program, are developing Islamic banking in Suriname. PARAMARIBO, Suriname – In an effort to expand its economic partners, Suriname has forged strong ties with the Islamic world by accelerating its engagement with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) […]
