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OTTAWA, Ontario Friday, October 16, 2020 — Every day, Black business owners and entrepreneurs make invaluable contributions to communities across the country, and their success is essential to Canada’s economic recovery and future prosperity. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, October 16, 2020) — “The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deplores the ongoing unilateral, arbitrary and non-transparent blacklisting strategy employed by the European Union (EU) against CARICOM Member States. “The most recent inclusion of CARICOM States to the blacklist ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, October 2, 2020) – Yesterday, Toronto City Council unanimously passed a motion — introduced by Ward 8 Councillor, Mike Colle, and seconded by Deputy Mayor, Ana Bailão — establishing a “Little Jamaica” Heritage and Innovation Hub in ...

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 ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, June 29, 2020 (CMC) – The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has announced plans to liquidate the regional carrier, LIAT. Prime Minister Browne, who made the announcement on Saturday, said a new ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica recorded a 40 percent drop in the poverty rate in 2018, the lowest in 10 years. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Nigel Clarke, in a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 24, 2020 (CMC) – The state-owned carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), has recorded a loss of more than US$14 million, in just over a one-month period, as a result of the impact of the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana June 13, 2020 — The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), on Thursday, reported a 13 percent increase in rice exports, between January and May 2020, when compared to the same period, last year, according to General Manager, Nizam ...

WASHINGTON, DC June 4, 2020 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced, yesterday, it was making U$$139 million available to Barbados, as the island continues its “strong implementation” of the comprehensive Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan, to turn ...

There is something about truths: they remain truths forever! By Ken Green Business and Tax Expert Several years ago, my firm hosted a special event for our business clients and other close business associates. Our special guest, Nick Karadza, of ...