Republic Journal

Navigating Distance Learning

Yesterday, after putting on my mask, lining-up to wash my hands and have my temperature checked, I walked into the grocery and had to smile on hearing the sweet sound of Parang music. I immediately felt a rush of emotion: nostalgia, euphoria, anxiety. “Will we celebrate this year?”

How the Pandemic led to a Digital Banking Boom

Although digital banking offers greater convenience for customers, better rates and at times free overseas transactions, there has been a slow, steady progression by customers over the years, until the realities of the pandemic set-in and shelter-in-place policies became mandatory.

Reinventing Leadership

“The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought about that which everybody sees.” Erwin Schrödinger.

The 2020/2021 National Budget and You

The 2020/2021 National Budget, due to be delivered on October 5, is perhaps the most anticipated fiscal package in recent memory. It comes at a time of unprecedented economic challenges for both the domestic and global economies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which intensified Trinidad and Tobago’s pre-existing troubles.

Is Sustainable Development Achievable in the Caribbean?

This year has brought home the reality that while the Caribbean is made up of distinct nations, each unique in its own way, there will always be issues that impact us all, as a region. The ongoing pandemic is one such issue, but it is not the first and it may not be the last.

Master Minds: Managing Mental Health during the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is not the first nor will it be the last time that our world has been confounded by the loss of life and the devastation of economies because of infectious disease. Yet history has shown that we have and will get through this, together.

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