GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Dr. Nigel C. Gravesande, has been appointed Registrar at the University of Guyana. Gravesande, who took up office on Monday, succeeds Vincent Alexander. Up ...
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Closure Of Manley Airport Averted As Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers Call Off Protest
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Air traffic controllers who took protest action on Friday to press of an improved wage package, returned to work late Saturday, averting the closure of the Norman Manley International Airport. The airport was scheduled to close ...
Read More »Delay In Wage Increase For Jamaica’s Public Sector Workers
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC — Although a two-year agreement has been signed between the government and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) that covers salaries and other benefits for public sector workers, there has been a setback in an increase ...
Read More »A Rant About The NFL And The Negative Imagery Of Black Athletes
By Lekan Afolabi PRIDE Sports Columnist This is a rant. It is a sports rant but it is also a rant about some of the social ills that black communities, both in the United States and in Canada, are facing. ...
Read More »Guyana Government Says Sugar Industry In “Distress”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government has acknowledged that the sugar sector is “in distress” but said it is convinced that the industry will rebound in 2015. “It is not the first time it has been in distress. GUYSUCO ...
Read More »Scientists Say Salamander Discovered In Amber Provides Light On Caribbean Evolution
OREGON, US CMC — The first-ever discovery of a salamander, in amber, has shed light on the evolution of the Caribbean, according to scientists at Oregon State University (OSU). They said, that fossil records have revealed something not known before ...
Read More »Tropical Storm Danny Weakens, But Caribbean Eyes Another Weather System
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Tropical storm, Danny, has become a tropical depression as it moves through the Eastern Caribbean, but residents were keeping their eyes on a weather system that was 1,250 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. The Miami-based ...
Read More »Climate Change Shrinking Uganda’s Lakes And Fish
Photo above: Studies show that indigenous fish species in Uganda – here being caught on Lake Victoria – have shrunk in size due to an increase in water temperature as a result of climate change. Photo credit: Wambi Michael/IPS. By ...
Read More »Chef Selwyn’s Recipes: Here’s Some Ideas That Can Help With Your Iron Intake
It is recommended that females between the ages of 11 and 50 years consume about 50 mg of iron per day; it is even higher for pregnant women, between 30 – 60mg per day. Surrounded by a lot of lovely ...
Read More »Rastafest 2015 Ready To Roll With Johnny Clarke And Warrior King In Driver’s Seat
Photo above: Warrior King was recognized, in August 2010, by the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Marcus Garvey Awards for his contribution to music. Jamaica’s Artist of the Year in 1975 and 1976, Johnny Clarke, and Warrior King, a devout ...
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