Social Issues

The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, concluded on January 19, 2024, leaving in its wake a multitude of insights, debates, and cautious optimism amidst a world grappling with geopolitical and economic anxieties. Under...

In recent years, there has been a growing trend of employees disengaging from their work. This trend has been dubbed "quiet quitting," and it refers to employees who are no longer going above and beyond in their jobs. Instead,...

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Virgin Islands in connection with a lawsuit alleging that Jeffrey Epstein used JPMorgan Chase accounts to sexually abuse underage girls. The subpoena, which was issued on...

The best capital a country can have is human capital. Currently, a lot of changes are happening globally which will impact Jamaica, there are challenges as well as opportunities that we can capitalize on if the system is in...

Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of outrage over Jamaica’s brain drain problem which was too evident to ignore at this point. According to a global think tank, which provides business and economic data...

Over the last couple of months, we have seen cracks starting to get wider and deeper within the global economic system. One of the main poster children of such a catastrophe is Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka could be seen...

Before the special operation started on February 24, 2022, there was a lot of rhetoric being spewed from the west talking about the impact their sanction “packages” will have on Russia’s economy. The aim of the sanctions that were...

Statista provided insights on the current global unemployment rate, especially for young people as we all try to adjust ourselves to this new world. This statistical map of the world shows that Latin America & the Caribbean along with the...

The last few days have been very strange and looking from afar I have to say I am disappointed in the representation of the news from both sides. Especially from a western perspective, the lies, misinformation, and the constant...

Karl Samuda, Jamaica’s Labor Minister, announced in a virtual press conference held on February 22, 2022, plans to increase the minimum wage by approximately 28.5%. Persons who earn minimum wage will see an increase from $7,000jmd to $9,000jmd. Also,...