Newsline Business (March 13)
Republic Financial Holdings Ltd on Wednesday announced the acquisition of the majority interest in the Cayman National Corporation Ltd at a cost of 198.4 million US dollars. A statement from Republic Financial Holdings said the transaction comprised the purchase of 74.99 per cent of the issued shares in CNC, at...
Newsline Business (March 6)
The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has signed a contract with the Barbados-based Fintech company, Bitt Inc. to conduct a blockchain-issued Central Bank Digital Currency pilot within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. The ECCB says the agreement was signed late last month and that the pilot project is the...
Newsline Business (February 27)
The Central Bank of Jamaica says it has reached an ideal level of its Net International reserves. And therefore there is no need for an increase. Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, Keith Duncan says future increases will depend on demand. *** Guyana is turning to South Africa for...
Newsline Business (February 20)
Jamaica’s Central Government debt increased by $2.3 million between March the December last year. The Fiscal Policy Paper tabled in parliament recently says this increase was due to a rise in external debt stock, caused by the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar. Meanwhile Jamaica’s entertainment sector contributed 71 billion dollars...
Newsline Business (February 13)
The Canadian Market registered the strongest performance in regional tourism in 2018. The Caribbean Tourism Organsation says it recorded 3.9 million visitors from Canada. Acting Director of Research, Ryan Skeete says this was due mainly to the country’s strong economic performance and increased seat capacity to the region. *** Now...
#Gallivanting with CaribbeanPot: Winter at St Lawrence Market Toronto
Chris goes to the St Lawrence Market in Toronto, Canada. Rated as one of the best market’s in the world, the St Lawrence Market comes alive during the winter season, especially the weekend before Christmas (when he visited). Check out the St Lawrence Market, located at 93 Front St E,...
#Gallivanting with CaribbeanPot: Whistler
Chris de la Rosa of CaribbeanPot.com takes us to Peak 2 Peak Gondola, where he goes snowmobiling in the mountains and checks out the Olympic village in Whistler BC, Canada in this episode of #Gallivanting. Please Support: https://www.patreon.com/caribbeanpot More Caribbean recipes can be found at http://www.caribbeanpot.com Get Chris’s Gourmand Award...
#Gallivanting with CaribbeanPot: Vancouver
Chris takes us on a tour to Vancouver BC Canada in this episode of #Gallivanting with Chris De La Rosa of CaribbeanPot.com. He takes the air train from Vancouver airport to downtown where he checks in at the Pinnacle Hotel. Then it’s a day of exploring Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley...
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