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Us Remittance Tax

The 1% cash remittance tax is live — and easy to avoid

*The U.S. federal excise tax on cash-funded international transfers has been live since January 1. Funding the same transfer from a bank account or card avoids it entirely.*

Africa Caribbean Corridor

May 28

Air Peace opens Lagos-Barbados nonstop as WHO holds Ebola PHEIC

*A new direct West Africa-Caribbean corridor lands at the same moment the WHO maintains a Public Health Emergency over Ebola in Central Africa. The two facts now sit together in regional discussion.*

Ebola watch

May 27

Ebola count tops 1,000 suspected cases as Italy reports two travel-linked patients

*DRC Ministry of Health figures show case counts roughly doubling in five days; two suspected cases hospitalised in Milan after travel from Uganda.*

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Remittance corridors

May 27

FX snapshot — May 27: JMD holds near 158, BOJ on standard intervention cadence

*Weekly anchor: Jamaican dollar quoted around J$157.90/US$1; BOJ ran a US$30 million B-FXITT sale on May 22. Diaspora corridors steady this week.*

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Venezuela naval posture

May 27

Jamaica PNP urges CARICOM to coordinate on US–Cuba tensions

*The Opposition People's National Party is pressing for a regional posture on Cuba–US escalation, framing CARICOM cohesion as a small-state interest.*

3 earlier pieces

Oil Shock Inflation

May 27

The oil shock arrives at the meter: Caribbean electricity prices brace for Q3 pass-through

*Domestic gas prices have already risen and the BOJ projects further acceleration, with implications for transport and household budgets through September.*

Caribbean climate finance

May 27

What IDB Sustainability Week actually puts on the table for Caribbean investors

*350+ companies, the 'Originate-to-Share' model, and Mia Mottley framing the Caribbean as resilient-infrastructure destination. The diaspora-investor question: where are the bankable pipelines?*

2 earlier pieces

Guyana Essequibo

May 26

CNOOC's US$2.5B Stabroek profit lands beside Guyana's US$2.47B — the asymmetry debate sharpens

Kaieteur News disclosure: CNOOC's 25% Stabroek share yielded roughly US$2.5 billion in 2025 pre-tax net income — essentially equal to Guyana's national share for the same period. Public scrutiny of the revenue-distribution framework is escalating, and a 9th development permit application is now in front of regulators.

Retirement corridors

May 24

Air access just changed for two retirement-corridor destinations. Recalculate.

Dominica and St Kitts were both in retirement-corridor consideration for diaspora retirees seeking low-cost, lower-traffic Caribbean settings. The CAL route cuts change the access math.

CAL contraction

May 24

Caribbean Airlines published the loss numbers. Dominica, St Kitts, and the Ogle-Suriname route end June 1.

$18.84 million in losses across five expansion routes since 2023. The diaspora question: what gets restored by the codeshare, and what stays gone?

3 earlier pieces

Today

May 28

The 1% cash remittance tax is live — and easy to avoid

*The U.S. federal excise tax on cash-funded international transfers has been live since January 1. Funding the same transfer from a bank account or card avoids it entirely.*

May 28

Air Peace opens Lagos-Barbados nonstop as WHO holds Ebola PHEIC

*A new direct West Africa-Caribbean corridor lands at the same moment the WHO maintains a Public Health Emergency over Ebola in Central Africa. The two facts now sit together in regional discussion.*

Active Stories

Us Remittance Tax

The 1% cash remittance tax is live — and easy to avoid

Africa Caribbean Corridor

Air Peace opens Lagos-Barbados nonstop as WHO holds Ebola PHEIC

Ebola watch

Ebola count tops 1,000 suspected cases as Italy reports two travel-linked patients

Remittance corridors

FX snapshot — May 27: JMD holds near 158, BOJ on standard intervention cadence

Venezuela naval posture

Jamaica PNP urges CARICOM to coordinate on US–Cuba tensions

Oil Shock Inflation

The oil shock arrives at the meter: Caribbean electricity prices brace for Q3 pass-through

Caribbean climate finance

What IDB Sustainability Week actually puts on the table for Caribbean investors

Guyana Essequibo

CNOOC's US$2.5B Stabroek profit lands beside Guyana's US$2.47B — the asymmetry debate sharpens

Retirement corridors

Air access just changed for two retirement-corridor destinations. Recalculate.

CAL contraction

Caribbean Airlines published the loss numbers. Dominica, St Kitts, and the Ogle-Suriname route end June 1.

Today

The 1% cash remittance tax is live — and easy to avoid

Air Peace opens Lagos-Barbados nonstop as WHO holds Ebola PHEIC

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