Pride News Canada's Leader In African Canadian & Caribbean News, Views & Lifestyle

(NC) Companies big and small are vulnerable to all kinds of fraud — identity theft, internal fraud and business directory and supply scams. This is not just an online problem, it can also happen over the phone and in person. ...

By Jewel Fraser IPS Contributing Writer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 11, 2017 (IPS) — As Caricom countries struggle to move away from their traditional reliance on a single industry or major crop in the face of growing ...

ST. ANDREW, Jamaica February 3, 2017 — The Jamaica National Group launched Jamaica’s first commercial bank owned by its “savers and borrowers”, JN Bank, on Wednesday, announcing a covenant with its members and Jamaicans to treat them with dignity and ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, December 23, 2016 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government, today, said it is treating “quite seriously” a report, in the New York Times newspaper, suggesting that unnamed persons, claiming to be linked to the government here, ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, December 21, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet led the tributes for prominent local businessman, Christopher Renwick, who died in Trinidad and Tobago, where he had gone for medical treatment, last week. He said Renwick, 78, ...

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram IPS Guest Writers SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, December 19, 2016 (IPS) — The World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2017, subtitled ‘Equal Opportunity for All’, continues to mislead, despite the many criticisms, including from ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 18, 2016 (CMC) – The former co-chair of the Economic Program Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, is urging the Jamaica government to consider implementing a reverse mortgage program as an additional source of funds for retirees. Byles, ...

The importance of women taking an active role in a couple’s financial planning represents more than just jockeying over who gets to control the checking account. “Women, on average, live longer than men, which means they are going to need ...

Many in the latter stage of a career – or even already in retirement – have discovered that it’s never too late to reinvent themselves. Folk artist, Grandma Moses, was in her late 70s before she began her painting career. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica November 17, 2016 — GraceKennedy Limited announced, late last week, strong third quarter results, with revenue reported at $66.7 billion, up by 11.6% over the corresponding period last year, and net profit of $3.7 billion – a 54.6% ...