Commonwealth News
Pongal
This festival revolves around three major crops - rice, turmeric, and sugarcane. Pongal is a dish cooked in the courtyard of the house in clay pots. People clean their homes and decorate them with Kolams – a decorative art made on the floor with a white paste of rice....
Lohri and Makar Sankrant
Also referred to as a “Bonfire Festival” or the “Festival of Farmers" where fire marks a source of rejuvenation and renewal, this festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm by newly-married couples and those who have witnessed childbirth to seek blessings from the...
Jamaica to host historic Global Tourism Resilience Conference in February
Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, announces the first-ever Global Tourism Resilience Conference. The three-day conference is scheduled to be held in February. It will include more than 40 global speakers, bringing insights on various topics including the...
Wine companies create Golden Vines off-trade startup scholarship
UK's Wine Owners, Lay & Wheeler, IG Wines and the Gérard Basset Foundation collaborated to create a scholarship for entrepreneurs who wish to break into wine imports and distributorships. Wine Owners Golden Vines Off-Trade Startup Scholarship will provide...
Rwanda launches electronic land titles to boost efficiency
Rwandan National Land Authority (NLA) announces the introduction of the electronic version of the land title known as “e-Title”. The electronic title will replace high printing expenses and paperwork with more efficient automated land services. Landowners will now be...
Kitacon’s IPO public portion oversubscribed by 11.46 times
Malaysian construction company, Kitacon's initial public offering (IPO) received applications for about 124.58 million shares for its 10 million shares which will be listed on Bursa Malaysia’s Main Market on 17 January 2023. Its market capitalisation would be RM340mil...