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By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Yesterday, my organisation, “Women Are Worthy”, saluted women, across the globe, on this year’s annual celebration of International Women’s Day. When Canada joined the American suffragettes — who had fought for women to be allowed ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Outstanding banks loans in Jamaica hit a new record of $1 trillion at the end of 2020, but non-performing loans (NPL) loans grew by more than 40%. Total loans, across the banking system, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — After an extremely difficult year, in which the economies of its 19 Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) contracted by 12.8%, on average, due to the onset of Covid-19, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Women must keep striving for success and sit at the table, where decisions are made, advised Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Senator Donna Cox. She stated her firm belief ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Having gender-sensitive policies is an important consideration for ministries of finance in setting budgets, meeting fiscal targets and allocating resources. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, made this ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Following the publication of an article in the Trinidad Guardian on March 7, with details obtained from an interview with Senator Franklin Khan, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) — ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — The Bank of Guyana (BOG), which regulates local financial institutions, has advised that Trinidad’s First Citizens Bank has not applied for a banking licence in Guyana, although it has agreed to buy Scotiabank’s ...

TIMEHRI, Guyana (Monday, March 8, 2021) — Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, expressed gratitude to the Indian government, for its donation to Guyana, of 80,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – Covishield, which were produced in India. The vaccines arrived at ...

By Caroline Shenaz Hossein Guest Contributor Ajo, Osusu, Sandooq, Chit or Arisan? These are cultural names for systems of mutual aid and collectivity — known by academics as rotating savings and credit associations, or ROSCAs for short. ROSCAs are hidden forms ...

By Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Guest Contributor Where do you see yourself in five years? It’s a standard job interview question, but it’s an even better question to ask yourself about your relationship. The person you talk to, date, move in ...