EASTERN CARIBBEAN Thursday, October 1, 2020 — Jody White, an entrepreneur and business executive from Trinidad and Tobago, emerged as the winner of the inaugural OECS-Republic Bank Business Model Competition, taking home the first-place prize of US$20,000. The competition is ...
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Feed SubscriptionCanadian Airlines Should Rethink Their Refusal To Refund Passengers During COVID-19
By Rumina Dhalla Guest Writer Despite unrelenting pressures from passenger rights advocates, intense media scrutiny and strident demands from passengers, Canadian airlines have remained largely immutable in refusing to issue cash refunds for cancelled flights. Passengers are offered future travel vouchers ...
Read More »How To Have A Healthy Breakfast Every Day In Less Than 10 Minutes
By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That goes double for your children. They need a good start. They need to have energy in their body to learn, play and socialize. You ...
Read More »Sunday Surprise Waffles: Simple And Delicious
By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds 2 tablespoons baking powder 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 2 tablespoons sugar 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla ...
Read More »The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Hardened Canadian Views On Immigration
By Bruce Newbold Guest Writer With an aging and slow-growing population, Canada depends on immigration for economic and demographic growth. But the COVID-19 pandemic has effectively closed our borders and virtually halted the entry of immigrants. Troubling new evidence about Canadian attitudes, ...
Read More »COVID-19 Demands Sustainable Global Recovery Plan, Says Jamaica’s Prime Minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica Wednesday, September 30, 2020 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, is calling for an extraordinary, inclusive and sustainable global management and recovery process for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He noted that the world needs a global plan as innovative, ...
Read More »Barbados PM To Hand Over CARICOM Chairmanship To St. Vincent Counterpart On July 3
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 30, 2020 — Heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will host a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, handing over the reins to incoming Chairman, Prime Minister, ...
Read More »Businesses Close Early As Trinidadians Protest Deadly Police Shootings On Weekend
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Stuart Young, today, described as “carefully orchestrated and pre-planned”, the protests in the eastern part of the capital, following the shooting deaths of three people, by ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Announces New Curfew Hours, Effective June 30
KINGSTON, Jamaica June 30,2020 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has announced new curfew measures for the month of July. Speaking at a virtual press conference at Jamaica House, yesterday, the Prime Minister said the new curfew times will begin at ...
Read More »Grenadians Protest After Black Man Beaten, Allegedly, By White Foreigner Family, Over Death Of A Dog
By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – Police appealed for calm, on Saturday, after hundreds of Grenadians braved the inclement weather, to protest the beating of a Black man, allegedly by members of a ...
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