By Linda Straker CMC Grenada Contributing Writer ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, May 17, (CMC) – Grenada has written to the German government, asking the European country to consider an initiative, piloted in the Seychelles islands by The Nature Conservancy, that resulted ...
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Liberty Global Takes Over Cable And Wireless
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 17, (CMC) – The British-based telecommunications giant, Liberty Global (LG), says it has completed the acquisition of the British telecommunications company, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a transaction worth an estimated US$7.4 billion. Liberty Global is ...
Read More »CARICOM To Implement “Gender-Sensitive” Results-Based Management System In June
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will, next month, begin the implementation of a “Gender Sensitive Results-Based Management (RBM) System” to build a results-oriented culture around the operationalization of the CARICOM Strategic Plan, 2015 – 2019,” ...
Read More »Imminent Boost For Agri-diversification: 10,000 Acres To Be Put Under Cultivation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17 (GINA) — Guyana’s efforts to diversify its agricultural sector are set to receive a major boost from a Brazilian company, New Frontier Agriculture Guyana Incorporated. The company is prepared to cultivate its first crops of soya ...
Read More »Change In Attitude Needed To Battle Corruption: Minister Hughes
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 16 (GINA) — Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, said that dealing with the issue of corruption is never an easy task for any government, and eliminating corruption is one of the major challenges faced since the ...
Read More »Lawrence Hill Says Writing The Illegal Profoundly Changed Him
Recently, prize winning author Lawrence Hill was part of a webcast with the Amnesty International Book Club. He spoke on many themes, including how writing his latest novel, The Illegal inspired him to understand refugees in a much deeper sense. ...
Read More »The Ultimate Caribbean Rum Punch
By Chris De La Rosa PRIDE Cuisine Specialist When most people think about the Caribbean (if you’ve never lived on the islands) one of the things which comes to mind is sipping on a cold glass of rum punch, decorated ...
Read More »How To Get Your Kids Geared Up For Camping
Did you know that a whopping 62% of Canadians say they are planning to camp this summer? No wonder. Enthusiasts insist that vacations in the great outdoors are a great way to make memories that will last a lifetime even ...
Read More »Five Teenagers Charged With Murdering Former University Of Guyana Professor
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17, (CMC) – Five teenagers, including two women, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts court here, today, charged with murdering former university professor, Perry Mars, whose body was found tied up at his home in Prashad Nagar, ...
Read More »Dominica Government Employees Back On The Job
ROSEAU, Dominica, May 17, (CMC) — Public workers returned to their jobs, today, after police removed a ‘suspicious’ package that had been placed at a gate, near the government headquarters in the capital. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), ...
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