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By Philippe Massiera Guest Contributor According to the U.S. research and consulting firm, CB Insights, most entrepreneurs fail because they lack sufficient financing. The second reason they fail is because the market for their product is too small. Yet many entrepreneurs and ...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — The Montego Bay Marine Park Trust in St. James, plans to establish Jamaica’s first underwater sculpture park, aimed at further promoting awareness about the marine and coastal environment. Addressing a Jamaica Information ...

ST. ANDREW, Jamaica (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — Fifty-one primary and infant schools are to benefit from a donation of 100 water tanks, valued over $9 million. The 1,000-gallon black tanks, along with fittings, were provided by the United States ...

BOSCOBEL, Jamaica (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — American Airline, under its American Eagle Regional Brand, will operate non-stop flights, from Miami in the United States to the Ian Fleming International Airport, St. Mary, beginning in November. Director of Tourism, Jamaica ...

By Synieka Thorne Guest Contributor EAST COAST DEMERARA, Guyana (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on Tuesday, visited Mon Repos and Buxton, on the East Coast of Demerara, following protest actions over the death of Quindon ...

By Mikaila Prince Guest Contributor GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — The government, through its new and expanded Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, plans to set aside 15 percent of all revenues, earned from forest conservation, for Amerindians ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — Barbados and Japan continue to deepen their almost 55 years of diplomatic relations. During a welcome dinner, hosted last Wednesday evening, by the new Japanese Ambassador to Barbados, Kayoko Fukushima, Minister of State ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — Barbados and the Caribbean community (CARICOM) have firmly planted diplomatic roots in Africa. This happened, when Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, officially opened the CARICOM diplomatic ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — The Indo-Caribbean Canadian Association (“ICCA”), earlier this month, conducted a successful “Books for Back Home Book Drive” that resulted in “a record number of donations”, which was shipped to Guyana and Trinidad and ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist It is not exactly a surprise that, because of the pandemic, 60 percent of employees now work from home. While everyone understands the reason for this change, and that some ...