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CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – The St. Lucia-based Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says, it has written to the Irish-owned telecommunications company, Digicel, warning against plans to implement its ad control technology. The letter comes in response to a September ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) is warning of a “grim Christmas for sugar workers” if they embark on further industrial action in a bid to force management to hold talks on salary increases. Last month, ...

The continent of Africa is the second largest land mass on Earth and is home to hundreds of different cultures and ethnic groups. African cuisine is very diverse, with many local culinary traditions, in terms of choice of ingredients and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Monday, called on the Guyana government to deal with the ‘escalating” crime situation in the country and accused President David Granger of seeking to falsify the figures. “The recent ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A senior prison official was shot and killed here Monday in what the authorities say could have been a hit ordered from within the prison walls. Superintendent Dexter Milette, 50, was shot several times ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist On October 19, the vast majority of Canadians spoke, decisively, and the message was loud and clear: they rejected the Stephen Harper brand of governance — overwhelmingly. It is indeed heartwarming that they have put ...

GRENADA — Grenadian author, Cindy McKenzie, officially presented her first novel, Force Ripe, on Saturday, October 24, to friends, family and a cross-section of Grenada’s literary advocates, including representatives from the Ministry of Education and Acting Chief Education Officer, Elvis ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Jamaica has a launched a new initiative that will allow the country’s more than 100,000 public servants, who recently agreed to a three-year wage freeze as part of the island’s economic reform program, to receive cash ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Hundred’s attended the burial of slain New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer, Randolph Holder, who was buried here with a 21-gun salute, last Saturday. Mourners walked past the street where Holder, 33, was raised and onto ...