JJ Barea Basketball fans may have noticed in recent years that the NBA has become progressively more international. It’s not that the league hasn’t often had good international players; there just seem to be more of them who make very meaningful contributions of late. A league that once seemed almost exclusive to the United States, […]

Amber Guyger, in a booking photo provided by the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office, September 10, 2018. (Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via Reuters) By Caribbean News Now contributor DALLAS, USA — The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot a Saint Lucian man, Botham Jean, in his own apartment in September, was indicted on a murder […]

By Ray ChickrieCaribbean News Now contributor ISTANBUL, Turkey — Guyana attended the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC), which was held last week in Istanbul, Turkey. Representing Guyana at the meeting was its permanent ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Ten-Pow, who promoted […]

By Youri KempCaribbean News Now associate [email protected] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Prior to the release of a 2017 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the government of Trinidad and Tobago and Sandals Resorts International (SRI) last week, concerns had been continually voiced over the transparency of the agreement and especially the financial concessions offered to […]

By Youri KempCaribbean News Now associate [email protected] FRANKFURT, Germany — Deutsche Bank’s offices, including its headquarters in Frankfurt, were searched by German authorities last week in a money laundering probe, prosecutors said in a statement. The raid was reportedly prompted by the now infamous “Panama Papers”, a dump of millions of financial documents from Panamanian […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The European Union and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) have signed an agreement to enhance the region’s capacity to comply with standards relating to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. This will be undertaken via the implementation of a mutual evaluation programme which will evaluate compliance in the […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Over US$60 million will be injected into Jamaica’s agriculture and rural tourism sectors come 2019. Farmers and rural producers are among those to benefit from the funds, geared towards enhancing agricultural productivity, agro-processing and rural tourism. Following the successes of the World Bank funded Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI), phase two of […]

IMF Executive Board WASHINGTON, USA — On November 5, 2018, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the IMF’s latest financial system stability assessment (FSSA) of Jamaica. The financial sector has significantly expanded since the last FSSA in 2006. Financial sector assets now stand at about 180 percent of GDP. The financial […]