Former president and former army chief Desi Bouterse calls the government’s attitude, en route to the Court-martial’s ruling yesterday on the December 8 criminal trial, aggressive and bellicose. “They are needlessly putting […]
Suriname: Bouterse: “Government is aggressive and belligerent”
Dominican Republic: Vice President announces Espaillat as third province to fully reopen
The Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, said that the next province to be fully reopened is Espaillat, for having inoculated 79% of its population with the two doses of the […]
Jamaica: 935 Jamaicans killed since the start of the year
Jamaica’s murder tally for 2021 has risen to 935 as at Saturday, August 28. This is 83 more homicides or a 9.7 percent increase when compared with the corresponding period in 2020. […]
OneOf wants to be the NFT marketplace for people who don’t understand NFTs
Amid the fervor around NFTs, two pertinent issues came into focus: whether the process of creating tokens can be sustainable at scale, and whether the hype and inflated price tags often associated […]
America’s racial wealth gap is enormous and getting worse
America’s racial wealth gap, pushed to the front of the nation’s agenda during the racial justice protests of last summer, has continued to widen and has indeed worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Why I’ve made it my mission to be the Black mentor I never had
When I stepped inside the PwC Houston office 22 years ago as an intern, it solidified that public accounting was for me. Unknown to me at the time, a high school accounting class […]
Trinidad & Tobago: Housekeeper, neighbour charged with sexual assault against minors
A 53-year-old housekeeper was granted $75,000 bail with a surety or $15,000 cash alternative when she appeared before Couva Magistrate Alexander Prince on Monday. The woman, who was charged with one count […]
NYC: Bronx man gets pummeled after trying to break into car with metal spatula
An unhinged man was allegedly trying to break into a moving car in The Bronx on Monday night when he was stopped in his tracks by a group of witnesses who delivered […]
Jamaica: Landowners urged to lease properties for agriculture
The Agro-Investment Corporation (AgroInvest) is urging Jamaicans who own 30 acres of land or more to consider leasing their properties for agricultural production. This would be facilitated through the Agriculture Landowner Match […]
Futures Reverse Overnight Ramp After ECB Hints At Its Own Taper
Stock markets set new record highs on Tuesday as investors ended August in a buoyant mood, confident that the Federal Reserve’s eventual tapering of QE would not knock asset prices anytime soon. […]
