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NEW YORK, New York Mar. 31, (CMC) – Three persons have been sentenced in connection with a scheme, in which they stole more than US$8,000 from two Caribbean immigrants, by falsely promising to help them obtain green cards and other ...

Photo above: Owen Verwey, CEO of GoInvest. Photo credit: GINA. GEORGETOWN, Guyana March 30, 2016 (GINA) — The Guyana Office for Investment (GO INVEST) is looking to encourage Guyanese living abroad to invest back home. In an interview with the Guyana ...

Photo above: St. Lucia Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony, right, presents an award to Paula Calderon, Managing Director of Caribbean Awning Production Company Ltd. as SMA President, Ronald Ramjattan, left, who is also the owner of Baron Foods Ltd., joins in the  photo ...

Photo above: Principal Director of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Program, Office of the Cabinet, Wayne Robertson. Photo credit: JIS. By Elaine Hartman Reckord JIS Staff Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 29 (JIS) — A key component of plans to ...

By Carla Hindman PRIDE Financial Columnist  A generation ago, most families didn’t think about financial fraud. Today, it can come in many forms – over the phone, through the mail and increasingly, online. It’s an equal opportunity crime that affects ...

WASHINGTON, DC, Mar. 29, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries say, there is an urgent need for action to be taken to ensure that banking regulations, designed to foster transparency and accountability and prevent money laundering and terrorism financing, do ...

(NC) Many consumers waste money every day without even noticing it. Yet, rethinking our habits could provide savings that add up quickly over time. Here is a list of the top ways we waste money. Are there any areas where ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 26, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago dollar exchange rate, against the United States dollar, depreciated by an estimated three per cent over the first three months of this year, the Central Bank of Trinidad ...

Photo above: Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister, Colm Imbert. Photo credit: T&T Ministry of Finance. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Mar. 22, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says, it will not purchase the multi-billion dollar, debt-ridden, ArcelorMittal Point ...

(NC) Did you know that if you’re 18 years of age or older and have a valid social insurance number (SIN), you can set money aside tax-free with a tax-free savings account (TFSA)? TFSAs aren’t only for people planning for ...