Economy
Barbudans to be consulted on the future for their island
CODRINGTON, Barbuda, July 21, 2021: The Maya Blue Consortium is leading a public consultation on Barbuda starting July 26 2021, with Barbudans in Barbuda,...
UPP’s Housing Plan: Rent-to-own for $900 a month
United Progressive Party leader Harold Lovell has been telling youth how he will make housing and land available to young people.
He told the Dadlipolitics...
PM Browne to residents: Allow more immigrants in, or have more babies
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Growth with Equity, the Priority in the Post-pandemic Agenda for Latin America and the...
The pandemic has hit the Latin American and Caribbean region hard. Economies contracted more in 2020 than at any other time in over a...
2021 Marks 45 Years of EC Dollar Peg to US Dollar
The EC Dollar remains strong after 45 years of being pegged to the US Dollar at a fixed rate of EC$2.70 to US$1.00 on...
CARICOM Heads to address key development issues at meeting Monday and Tuesday
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have the COVID-19 pandemic and the Region’s response high on the agenda for their 42nd Regular Meeting to...
PM BROWNE: Big emitters must compensate SIDS for loss and damage from climate change
Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne on Friday reiterated a call made earlier this week at the first World Health Organisation forum for Small...
ECCB Records A Net Profit Of $25.2 Million For Financial Year 2020-2021
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) recorded a net profit of $25.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2021, a 60.1 per cent...
Statistics Division Shares Report On Consumer Price Index
The Statistics Division, under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance releases the CPI for May 2021
Year-on-Year Analysis
The All Items index rose 0.4% for...
Government to collect US$ 3-5 per person, per night on vacation rental properties in...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the taxation of villa type tourism accommodation is not a new tax.
Browne told parliament on Tuesday that the funds...
If government goes ahead with US$ 110M IMF loan there will be no mass...
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Gaston Browne says there will be no mass lay-offs of public servants if Government goes the route of...
IMF makes recommendations for OECS countries battling COVID
A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday said that member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) facing financial...
Antigua and other OECS countries suffer significant economic setback in 2020
The findings of the 2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review reveal that the economies of the ECCU countries suffered significant setback in 2020, mainly...