Kennedy Funding Closes $2.3M Loan for Mixed-Use Property in Dominican Republic

May 25, 2021 An investment group in the Dominican Republic has turned to Kennedy Funding to secure a loan for their beachfront property on the country’s northern coast. The Englewood…

Caribbean Literary Conference (CARICON) to kick off Caribbean American Heritage Month Celebrations!

May 25, 2021 CARICON, the Caribbean Literary Conference featuring authors and literary professionals from across the Caribbean region and the diaspora, makes its 2021 debut from its base in Los…

HERO – Film On Caribbean National – Has Landed on Cineplex and Amazon Prime Video!

May 25, 2021 HERO, the film inspired by the extraordinary life of Caribbean-born Mr. Ulric Cross, will be available exclusively in Canada on Premium VOD in the Cineplex Store and…

CARICOM Secretariat wraps up pilot project ‘Regional Integration and the CSME’, conducted via online classes exchanges between High School teachers in Belize and Guyana

May 25, 2021 The CARICOM Secretariat’s pilot project with High School teachers in Belize and Guyana teaching each other’s classes online finished on Thursday. Mr. Albert Inshanally of Queen’s College…

Almost 1 in 5 US Expats ‘Seriously Considering’ Renouncing Citizenship Because of Taxes, New Study Finds

May 25, 2021 An accounting firm that specialises in work with US expats surveyed 3,100 US citizens living abroad and found that 18 percent were seriously considering renouncing their citizenship…

EDITORIAL: Woe is businesses in the region!

God help all of the businesses in the Caribbean and Central American region. We have been reliant on tourism and foreign exchange for most of our existence if not all…

VIDEO: Morning devotions led by Fr Ruel Strachan.

May 21, 2021 Morning Devotions led by Father Ruel Strachan 11 of St Agnes Church.   Grants Town, New Providence, The Bahamas.

Bahamian Steamed Chicken

By: Kedra Holmes Bahamian Cook Nook May 21, 2021 Chicken Legs – Cleaned & Seasoned 1/2 C Vegetable Oil 1 Small Onion – Chopped 1/2 Medium Green Pepper – Chopped…

Jamaican author needed to find “equilibrium” during COVID-19 to complete new work- Hollywood is now calling for the script!

By: Staff Writer May 21, 2021 A Jamaican author of the new book “Friendship Estate” tells us how the COVID-19 pandemic had affected her equilibrium and creating the new book…

Jamaican exporter tackles challenges through CEDA support- Double digit revenue increase!

By: Staff Writer May 21, 2021 A Jamaican exporter sees double digit sales increase after Caribbean Export Development Agency’s (CEDA) Direct Assistance Grant Scheme (DAGS) inputs and is now earning…

Women are being left out of grant opportunities through CEDA and other agencies- more support is needed, but “don’t give up.”

By: Staff Writer May 21, 2021 The head of the Jamaican Women in Coffee organisation says that women need more opportunities and support for grant funding in the agri-business landscape.…

COMMENTARY: Vaccine refusal is as dangerous a pandemic as COVID-19

By: Sir Ronald Sanders May 21, 2021 Vaccine refusal is fast becoming as dangerous to human health and to economies as the COVID-19 pandemic.    In 2019, even before the novel…