Rural women in agriculture in the Caribbean are getting involved in the manufacture secondary products. Caribbean farmers are reeling from a drop in domestic crop production due to prolonged drought brought about by climate change. Photo credit: Kenroy Ambris/IPS. By ...
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Guyana’s Main Opposition Party Says It Is Not Interested In Deputy Speaker Post
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday, said, the party has no interest in naming anyone to take up the post of Deputy Speaker and described as “farcical” the David Granger government’s Code of ...
Read More »The Federal Liberals’ Historic Cabinet Swearing-in Ceremony
By Rupert Johnson Wednesday, November 4, 2015 was indeed a historic day in Canadian politics. It was historic in that it signalled a turning point in the political, social and cultural direction of our nation as a whole. The entire ...
Read More »Chef Selwyn’s Recipes: Stretch That Chicken To Make It Go Further
Chicken is routinely eaten at evening mealtime in North American households. We each have our favorite ways of preparing it. When cooking a whole chicken, you can do wonders with what you don’t eat for dinner. Here are some ways ...
Read More »St. Lucia PM Welcomes New Joint Venture Involving Jamaican Company
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has welcomed the EC$25 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) meat processing facility here, a joint venture involving a Jamaican based company. “Many do not understand that a country largely ...
Read More »Guyana Sugar Corporation Confident Of Reaching 2015 Production Target
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) says it remains optimistic that the set target of 227,000 tonnes of sugar for this year could be achieved urging workers to remain on the jobs and see the 2015 crop ...
Read More »Political Parties Differ On Job Creation As Jamaicans Await Date For Possible Early Poll
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Jamaica’s two main political parties traded words with each other over the issue of improving the employment situation as the country awaits the announcement of a possible date for fresh general elections. Finance Minister Dr. Peter ...
Read More »Jamaican Woman Jailed For Causing Death Of Man
NEWARK, New Jersey (CMC) – A Jamaican woman, who acknowledged that she was neither a trained doctor nor licensed to administer an injection, was jailed for five years, after she caused a man’s death by injecting silicone into his penis. ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Appoints Working Group To Help Deal With Crime
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The Jamaica government says, it is establishing a working group to policies to help deal with the escalating crime situation in the country. “This working group will be similar to the EPOC and ECET teams which ...
Read More »An Important Letter From The Ontario Black History Society
Greetings friends and supporters: The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) would like to inform you that the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) is pursuing the development of a Culture Strategy for Ontario. The Ministry’s objective is to establish ...
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