FORT ISLAND, Guyana (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — With Guyana experiencing a surge in economic development, an oversees-based Guyanese has returned to invest in his homeland. Sixty-seven-year-old Keith Eytle has undertaken the construction of the first-ever resort on Fort Island, ...
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Feed SubscriptionGuyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport Records 100 Percent Increase In Air Travel, Says CEO
TIMEHRI, Guyana (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — Passengers passing through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport have doubled in 2021, when compared to 2020, the airport’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ramesh Ghir, said yesterday. The airport saw increases, despite the constraints ...
Read More »BBPA Opens Storefront Office, Offering Sustainable Solutions To Business Owners In Toronto’s Little Jamaica
TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — In July, the Canadian government, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, announced a $1-million investment, over three years, for the revitalization of Little Jamaica, located on Eglington Avenue West, from ...
Read More »Black Community Health Leaders Critical Of Canadian Government’s Travel Ban On South African Countries
TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — The Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity, with the support of Toronto’s Black community health leaders, is critical of the hasty travel restrictions imposed primarily, on African countries, due to the appearance ...
Read More »UP Express — An Easy And Stress-Free Way To Get To The Airport On Time
The mere mention of travel inspires images of exotic vacations or the motherland back home with all the warm nostalgia. Immediately followed by the panic of missing a flight, possibly because of delays due to traffic, having to bid long ...
Read More »Inaugural Director Of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Named At National Film Board Of Canada
MONTREAL, Quebec (Thursday, December 9, 2021) — National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Chair, Claude Joli-Coeur, announced, recently, that Rachel Décoste has been appointed as Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a newly-created position. Décoste will be a strategic diversity leader, ...
Read More »Parents, Give Your Children The Gift Of Financial Literacy
A recently-published book, written by Clifton Corbin — a former business consultant with over two decades of experience, who subsequently switched careers to become a full-time, stay-at-home dad — has just been released, dedicated to helping parents navigate financial education, ...
Read More »The Cost Of Being Different
By Steven Kaszab Guest Contributor We all have a different way of expressing ourselves, presenting ourselves to the world, freely and uniquely. At least I hope we do. Our world is becoming smaller each day, as our government, the media, ...
Read More »Toronto Takes Aim At Discrimination, Directed Against Black Tenants Of Its Public Housing Properties
By Michael L. Van Cooten Editor/Publisher TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, December 8, 2021) — Through its wholly-owned housing authority — the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) — the City of Toronto has signaled its intention to dismantle discrimination and bias, experienced ...
Read More »Jamaican PM Hands Over 110 Housing Units In St. Catherine; NHT To Spend A Record $57.7 Billion On Housing This Year
ST. CATHERINE, Jamaica (Tuesday, December 7, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says nearly 22,000 new housing solutions are guaranteed to be provided, over the next two to three years, by the National Housing Trust (NHT). He added that the ...
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