The fantasy that sells entrepreneurship Search engines are full of polished success stories promising freedom, wealth and control, all wrapped in the idea of being your own boss. The phrase that quietly pulls people in is independence. No manager, no clocking in, no ceiling on income. Yet the truth about …

Are you a teacher or a parent who feels like you are banging your head against a wall? You spend hours making flashcards and printing out long lists of grammar rules, but nothing seems to stick in the minds of your students. It is a common problem that many people …

It is a quiet frustration that millions of adults carry every single day. You walk into a shop and struggle to read the labels on the shelves. You receive a letter from the doctor or the bank and feel a knot of anxiety in your stomach because the words look …

Price controls are government mandates that set maximum or minimum prices for goods and services. They are often introduced with intent to protect consumers from rapid inflation, to maintain affordability during crises, or to prevent perceived exploitation by suppliers. Despite the good intentions that drive them, recorded evidence from history …

A child’s attention span is not fixed at birth. It is shaped daily by environment, habits, expectations and the examples set by adults. In a world saturated with screens, notifications and constant stimulation, many parents and educators are noticing that children struggle to concentrate for sustained periods. This is not …

The real business media houses were built on The fall of journalism is often blamed on declining standards, political pressure, social media misinformation or a supposed lack of public interest in serious reporting. Those explanations are comforting because they frame the crisis as cultural or ideological. The truth is far …

The relationship between artificial intelligence and humans is currently undergoing a shift in consciousness as profound as the invention of the printing press or the introduction of television. While technology has always altered how we process and store information, the emergence of artificial intelligence represents a cataclysmic change that threatens …

It is a moment every parent dreads. You sit down for your evening reading session, but instead of the joy of a story, there are tears. Your child, who is now seven years old, looks at the page with genuine fear. They stumble over words they knew yesterday. They confuse …

Understanding what a salary trap really is A salary trap, sometimes described as golden handcuffs or an income trap, is not defined by income alone. It is defined by dependency. It occurs when a person feels unable to leave a job because their financial life has been structured around a …

Many people try to learn English but feel like they are hitting a brick wall. You might spend hours looking at boring flashcards. You might try to memorise long lists of words that do not make sense. It feels like your brain is full, but when you try to speak, …

Remittances have become one of the most vital financial arteries in the global economy. Migrant workers and expatriates send money back home to support families, contribute to local economies, and fuel development. According to the World Bank, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached hundreds of billions of US …

Understanding the scale of Caribbean and diaspora money flows In the modern digital economy, money flows both domestic and international have emerged as critical drivers of economic resilience and growth. For the Caribbean, where small economies are heavily reliant on external capital, diaspora remittances and regional financial movements are not …

The dry season brings welcome sunshine, calmer seas and clearer travel schedules across the Caribbean. It also brings two invisible threats that quietly invade homes and offices alike: bush fire smoke and Saharan dust. Together, they make indoor air quality one of the most overlooked public health issues of our …

Stand in Rome in 400 AD and everything feels permanent. The Colosseum roars with the cheers of spectators. Marble temples dominate the skyline. Aqueducts carry water across impossible distances. Rome appears eternal, engineered to outlast time itself. No citizen standing in that city could reasonably imagine that within a lifetime …

For many people across the Caribbean, a salary is seen as the ultimate marker of stability. A fixed monthly pay cheque promises certainty, respectability and a sense of having made it. From Port-of-Spain to Kingston, Bridgetown to Castries, parents encourage their children to secure “a good salary job” because it …