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Mar 24, 2025 | iwnsvg.com | Kenton X. Chance

By Kenton X. ChanceBRIDGETOWN, Barbados(CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Monday defended her government’s donation of two hectares of land at a historic site here for the construction of the first Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) outside of Africa, noting that the country has been making similar donations for over 50 years. Mottley joined with the President of the Cairo-based, Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank),  Professor Benedict O.

Mar 19, 2025 | iwnsvg.com | Kenton X. Chance

By Kenton X. ChanceBRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 19, CMC — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is forecasting economic growth of 2.5% among its 19 borrowing member countries in 2025. This follows growth of 1.7% in 2024, excluding Guyana, whose economy surged by 43.5% last year.

Mar 19, 2025 | iwnsvg.com | Kenton X. Chance

By Kenton X. ChanceBRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Daniel Best, Wednesday said that the region’s premier financial institution is committed to doing more, much faster. “Our team at CDB is energised, engaged and committed to realising the best version of the bank for the region,” Best, the bank’s seventh president, said at his first annual news conference.

Feb 27, 2025 | iwnsvg.com | Kenton X. Chance

By Kenton X. ChanceKINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) — Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has defended his government’s abstention from a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote on Monday condemning Russia as the aggressor in the 3-year-old war with Ukraine. He said that rather than focusing on St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG) abstention, the headline should have been that Russia and the United States had voted the same way at the UN for the first time since the fight began.

Jan 31, 2025 | iwnsvg.com | Kenton X. Chance

By Kenton X. ChanceABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) — Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley is among three people named on Friday as the winners of this year’s international Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.