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By Julia Rawlins-Bentham Guest Contributor ST. PHILLIP, Barbados (Tuesday, August 17, 2021) — A government minister is calling for a critical analysis to determine why consumers carry the burden of price increases, but don’t benefit from reductions. Minister of Agriculture ...

By Kristen Deuzeman Guest Contributor When I began working in disaster and emergency management, there was a funny anecdote suggesting the job was 98 per cent paperwork and two per cent adrenalin. Looking around at my office environment, I failed to ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario (Pride News) — A recent study, of Black women entrepreneurs in Canada, has found that there is a need to continue to support them, in general business guidance and mentorship, funding, and staff ...

By Shalima Mohammed Guest Contributor Richard Cantillon (1680-1734) — reputed as the founding father of modern economics — brought the role of the entrepreneur to the attention of scholars. He viewed the entrepreneur as one, who bears the risk of establishing ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist During these past months, the media has succeeded in spreading confusion, which has permeated every aspect of people’s lives. To rise above the intensity of the daily news cycle and to take stock as to ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (Wednesday, May 12, 2021) — Despite COVID-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline, than previously projected. Officially-recorded, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion in 2020, just 1.6 percent ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), on Wednesday, becoming the sixth Chief Executive of the regional, multilateral, banking institution. He succeeds Dr. Warren Smith, who ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Something that traditionally has not been a strong suit in the Black family and, simultaneously, a handicap, is passing down healthy money management habits to ensure financial stability for future generations. However, that is beginning ...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (Tuesday, May 4, 2021) — Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Floyd Green, projected that the growth of Jamaica’s mango export program will boost the volume of goods, shipped to external markets this year. “We are very happy to ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, April 28, 2021) — A new “Dragon” — Wes Hall, Executive Chair and Founder of Kingsdale Advisors — will enter the “Den” for Season 16 of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-produced Dragons’ Den, the media behemoth announced, last ...