Liberty Networks Expanding Undersea Capacity for the Caribbean And Latin America

Liberty Networks Expanding Undersea Capacity for the Caribbean And Latin America Connectivity has become the quiet force powering modern progress. It reaches far beyond cables on the seabed or towers stretching across coastlines. For communities throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, it unlocks education, healthcare, business opportunity, and public services. Every online lesson, cross-border… Read more…

Catalysing Sustainable Infrastructure Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Catalysing Sustainable Infrastructure Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean In a region brimming with potential yet hampered by infrastructure gaps, a new partnership is quietly reshaping the future of development finance. The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) and the OPEC Fund for International Development have unveiled a 3 million dollar facility designed to … Read more…

Your Guide to Caribbean Real Estate for Global Investors

Your Guide to Caribbean Real Estate for Global Investors Caribbean real estate provides valuable opportunities for global investors looking for property in a region celebrated for its stunning landscapes and promising economic development. In particular, programs like Antigua citizenship by investment program not only allow property acquisition but also offer the added advantage of obtaining &#823… Read more…

Sika’s Strategic Acquisition in the Dominican Republic

Sika’s Strategic Acquisition in the Dominican Republic In a strategic move poised to reshape the construction chemicals landscape in the Caribbean, Sika has announced the acquisition of Vinaldom, S.A.S, a key player in the Dominican Republic’s concrete construction market. This acquisition not only fortifies Sika’s presence in the fast-growing Dominican market but also opens up &… Read more…

Altrad RMD Kwikform reinforces bridge in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe

Altrad RMD Kwikform reinforces bridge in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe Temporary works specialist Altrad RMD Kwikform, recently joined forces with sister company Altrad Coffrage & Etaiement to reinforce Pont des Ecrevisses, a bridge on the RN 3 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe. The reinforcement was necessary to re-establish the bridge’s structural integrity after its piers were weakened by storm &#8230… Read more…

Construction Apprenticeship Programs building a safer Haiti

Construction Apprenticeship Programs building a safer Haiti Andiana Pierre lived nearly 100 miles north of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince when it was rocked by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake 13 years ago. But even from that distance, she could still feel the tremors from the powerful temblor. When she travelled from her hometown of Cap-Haïtien … Read more…

DEVELON Excavators extracting Toxic Algae in Martinique

DEVELON Excavators extracting Toxic Algae in Martinique MADIMAT, Groupe André LANES, the Authorised Dealer in Martinique for Develon (formerly Doosan Construction Equipment) has customised two Develon DX225SLR-7 crawler excavators for the unusual task of extracting sargassum, a highly polluting and toxic type of green algae, from the island’s entire southern coastline. As has been the &#8230… Read more…

Could Africa and the Caribbean be the Green Hydrogen producers of the future

Could Africa and the Caribbean be the Green Hydrogen producers of the future European Union Ambassador Peter Cavendish believes that Africa and the Caribbean can be the green hydrogen producers of the future.  In addition, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), Wamkele Mene, says the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia … Read more…

Caribbean Investment Forum to focus on resilience and investment

Caribbean Investment Forum to focus on resilience and investment Hundreds of businesses and investors from across the world are being invited to help build a “SMARTer, GREENer Caribbean” via the inaugural Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from 8-11 November 2022. At the virtual launch for CIF 2022 today, … Read more…

University of Birmingham set to support Railway Research in Jamaica

University of Birmingham set to support Railway Research in Jamaica Experts from the University of Birmingham and University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) will work together to advance the development of railway engineering and transport in Jamaica. A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two universities marks the start of a new relationship aiming to … Read more…

TRL iMAAP to help Jamaican Ministry of Transport and Mining make roads safer 

TRL iMAAP to help Jamaican Ministry of Transport and Mining make roads safer TRL Software has announced it has won the contract to provide the Jamaican Ministry of Transport and Mining with its web-based accident analysis software system, iMAAP. The Road Safety Unit within the Ministry previously used the MAAP software application procured in 1999 … Read more…

Total Equipment in Puerto Rico rebrands to Vermeer Caribbean

Total Equipment in Puerto Rico rebrands to Vermeer Caribbean Total Equipment, Inc., a full-line Vermeer Industrial dealer headquartered in Puerto Rico, today announced it has acquired the rights from Vermeer Southeast to represent the Vermeer Industrial product line in over 20 islands south of Cuba, from Jamaica to Trinidad & Tobago, and including the ABC … Read more…

CAF approves $175m to modernize Transport Infrastructure in Trinidad and Tobago

CAF approves $175m to modernize Transport Infrastructure in Trinidad and Tobago The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has approved a loan for $175 million in favour of Trinidad and Tobago to modernise the islands transportation infrastructure, through positive actions related to the development of plans, regulatory and strategic changes to modernize the processes and … Read more…

The World Bank commits to support resilient recovery in Jamaica

The World Bank commits to support resilient recovery in Jamaica The World Bank’s Regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, completed a three-day visit to Jamaica. This was his first official visit within the region since being appointed to the post in May last year. Lilia Burunciuc, the recently appointed … Read more…

Are Latin America and the Caribbean missing out on a sustainable recovery?

Are Latin America and the Caribbean missing out on a sustainable recovery? A new platform showcasing real-time data from 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean has revealed that on environmentally sustainable post-COVID-19 spending, Latin America and the Caribbean lags behind the rest of the world: 0.5 per cent of total spending and 2.2 per cent … Read more…

Volcanic recovery in Saint Vincent and Grenadines gets $50m support from World Bank

Volcanic recovery in Saint Vincent and Grenadines gets $50m support from World Bank The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today US$50 million in Supplemental Financing for the Second Fiscal Reform and Resilience Development Policy Credit (DPC) for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This quick-disbursing operation aims to help the country cover a large … Read more…

UK and CDB funding 40Km rehabilitation of highways in Saint Lucia

UK and CDB funding 40Km rehabilitation of highways in Saint Lucia The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved funding for the rehabilitation and upgrading of 40 kilometres of the Millennium Highway and West Coast Road. The two corridors, constituting a third of Saint Lucia’s 137-kilometre primary road network, provide the main … Read more…

Trinidad and Tobago road system set for $200m improvement programme

Trinidad and Tobago road system set for $200m improvement programme The loan approved by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) will help to strengthen the national road network in Trinidad and Tobago through the construction, maintenance, management, planning, and improvement of existing infrastructure. The Development Bank of Latin America approved a USD 200 million … Read more…

Detailed design for 20km road rehabilitation project in Dominica provided by Mott MacDonald

Detailed design for 20km road rehabilitation project in Dominica provided by Mott MacDonald Mott MacDonald is providing the detailed design for the Loubiere to Bagatelle road rehabilitation project on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica’s Ministry of Public Works and Ports. A grant from the UK’s Department for International Development has been provided … Read more…

Japan funds reconstruction of bridges in St Lucia to protect its infrastructure from natural disasters

Japan funds reconstruction of bridges in St Lucia to protect its infrastructure from natural disasters On August 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the Government of Saint Lucia in Castries, the capital city, to provide grant aid of up to ¥1.53 billion yen for the Project to Reconstruct the … Read more…

China funds Jamaica’s US$348 million South-East coastal highway project

China funds Jamaica’s US$348 million South-East coastal highway project Jamaican Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw will travel to the People’s Republic of China next week to sign an agreement with the China EXIM Bank for the construction of the South East coastal highway project at a cost of approximately US$384 million. The Cabinet … Read more…

Antigua and Barbuda announce US$17.5 Million road rehabilitation project

Antigua and Barbuda announce US$17.5 Million road rehabilitation project On Thursday, 9th February 2017, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda officially launched a road rehabilitation project to upgrade the Sir George Walter Highway and Friars Hill Road. The project is funded through a grant of million GBP13.9M (US$ 17.4M) from the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure … Read more…