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ECCB To Issue World’s First Blockchain-Based Digital Currency

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Barbados-based fintech company, Bitt Inc. (Bitt) have signed a contract to conduct a blockchain-issued Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). […]

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Grenada To Make Contribution To LIAT

By Mina Booker Grenada maintains that they would like to see cash strapped airline the Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) continue to  provide service region. Minister of Trade, Industry , Cooperatives  and CARICOM Affairs Hon […]

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Crisis In Venezuela Could Lead To A Human Trafficking Problem For The Region – Grenada Gov’t Official

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada , CMC – The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Sally-Ann Bhagwan-Logie, believes the crisis in Venezuela is one that can lead to a human trafficking problem that will have an […]

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More Funds For Climate-Resilient Projects In The Caribbean

BRIDGTOWN, Barbados, February , 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a finance agreement with the France-based Agence Française De Développement (AFD), providing three million Euros towards the creation of a more climate-resilient […]

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Barbados Prime Minister Hints At More Layoffs To Come

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has hinted at more layoffs, within the public service, as she promised to update Barbadians on her government’s external debt restructuring plan. “Those discussions are continuing, […]