ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Feb 26, (CMC) – The Director General of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Joachim Prey, held talks with Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, this week, on a variety of climate change related projects. “Grenada is ...
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T&T Steel Company Lays Off Workers
Illustration above is of the company logo of Central Trinidad Steel Limited (CENTRIN) . PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 26, (CMC) – Central Trinidad Steel Limited (CENTRIN) has sent dismissal letters to nearly 200 of its employees, which the union ...
Read More »JAMAICA ELECTION: Andrew Holness Guides Jamaica Labour Party To Victory
By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 26, (CMC) – Five years after he was booted out of office, Andrew Holness, 43, guided his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) back into the corridors of power, promising to lead a ...
Read More »Cameraman In Guyana Gets 25-Year Jail Term For Raping 13-Year-Old Relative
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 26, (CMC) – A High Court judge has sentenced a 39-year-old cameraman to 25 years in jail, after he was found guilty of raping his 13-year-old relative. Justice Navendra Singh imposed the sentence on Andre Hetsberg, a ...
Read More »Guyana Government To Help Indigenous Women Start Up Businesses
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 26, (CMC) – The Guyana government says, it will provide four million dollars (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004) to support viable business ventures for indigenous women. It said, the funds would be channelled through the Indigenous Women’s Small ...
Read More »Guyana President Invited To Address South American Defence Council
Photo above: Guyana President, David Granger (left), and UNASUR Secretary-General, Ernesto Samper. Photo credit: GINA. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb. 25, (CMC) – Guyana President, David Granger, has been invited to join the South American Defence Council, to speak on the issues of ...
Read More »Ontario Government Helps SMEs Take New Technologies To Global Markets
Photo above: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (forefront) makes announcement at the DMZ at Ryerson University. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario — The Ontario government is partnering with IBM Canada and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to help ...
Read More »URGENT!! JAMAICA ELECTION RESULTS: JLP To Form New Government
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 25, (CMC) – Andrew Holness led the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) to victory in the general election here on Thursday, reversing the defeat he suffered at the hands of the People’s National Party (PNP) in the 2011 ...
Read More »Oil Exploration Activities Intensify In Guyana
Photo above: Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb. 25, CMC – Oil exploration activities have intensified, following the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Guyana’s Maritime Zone. Last week, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) ...
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How students can save big through these tax credit tips. Courtesy of News Canada.
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