The CAREC region, excluding the People’s Republic of China, could see a drop of almost 70% in...
Aviation & Airlines
LIAT to Fly to US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as Scheduled...
LIAT intends to fly its first commercial flight on November 1. A permit has been granted to the...
Airbus Unveils Concepts for Launch of Carbon-Free Planes by 2035
Airbus has unveiled three visual concepts for “zero-emission” aeroplanes to be powered by hydrogen...
Caribbean Airlines Will Cut Staff and Salaries
State-owned carrier, Caribbean Airlines has announced cost-cutting measures that will include the...
Finance & Investment
Revised Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission...
Monday, November 23, 2020 — The revised Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission...
EIB Approves Climate Bank Roadmap To Support €1 Trillion of...
[ESG] The European Investment Bank (EIB) Board of Directors announced today that it has approved...
A Near-term Debt Crisis is Unlikely
As countries, companies, and households confront the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic fallout...
IMF Urges Bank Regulators to Extend Curbs on Dividends, Buybacks
Regulators should extend limits on banks’ capital distributions to help protect the financial...
Industry
Coca-Cola Is Creating a Bottle Made from 100% Paper
At Coca-Cola, we are working to create a bottle made 100% from paper – an innovative packaging...
Group of 165 Google Critics Calls For Swift EU Antitrust Action
[Reuters] A group of 165 companies and industry bodies have called on EU antitrust enforcers to...
BARCADI To Replace 80m Plastic Bottles with Biodegradable...
Set to arrive in 2023, the bottle — which will biodegrade in 18 months — will replace 80M plastic...
Does paper recycling benefit the climate? It depends…
The paper industry is around 1% of emissions, but it needs help to go lower.
Markets & Comms
GRI Launches Forum to Align Corporate Reporting with SDG Action
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), one of the leading organizations promoting standardized ESG...
USAID Launches US$28m Initiatives To Advance South Asian...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched three regional programmes...
Countries Hoarding Food As Prices Rise and Covid-19 Crisis...
Agricultural commodity buyers from Cairo to Islamabad have been on a shopping spree since the Covid...
UK Says Huawei Security Failings Pose a Long-Term Risk:...
China’s Huawei Technologies has failed to convince British security...
Trade
RCEP Agreement Could Boost post-COVID Recovery Prospects: UNCTAD
The Investment Trend Monitor of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...
RCEP Agreement To Boost Foreign Investment Across The Region:...
China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is likely to boost foreign...
RCEP Agreement Will Transform Trade in Asia
First time China, Japan, and South Korea connected via one trade pact
UK Trade Partnerships Programme Creating New Opportunities in...
Efforts are underway to improve export competitiveness and avert poverty in the country through the...
Travel & Tourism
International Tourist Arrivals Fall By 70 per cent worldwide:...
Carlisle Bay, Barbados Global tourism has witnessed a fall by 70 per cent in international tourist...
Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) To Launch Health...
CARPHA – PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – As part of its ongoing efforts to mitigate the...
Caribbean Destinations Forced to Rethink Tourism Strategies as...
The world’s primary cruise destination, the Caribbean, has been reeling from the prolonged absence...
TOP 20 BEACHES TO VISIT IN THE CARIBBEAN
By Sarah Patton, Caribbean Escape The truth is, you can never have enough of the sun, sand, and fun...