BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, was churning its way across the Caribbean, after battering the Leeward Islands, on Wednesday, leaving at least one person dead and millions of ...
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Jamaica Prime Minister Convenes First Social Intervention Committee Meeting
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 6, 2017 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, yesterday (September 5) convened the first meeting of the Social Intervention Committee at the Office of the Prime Minister. Addressing the leadership and representatives of the various ministries, departments and ...
Read More »Terrorism By Any Other Name: Stop Trying To Normalize White Supremacy
By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist The time has come to stop normalizing White supremacy and seeking to give it a more digestible name. In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, Act 11, Scene11, Juliet utters this phrase in reference to ...
Read More »Caribbean First Ladies Launch New Initiative To Tackle Issues Affecting Women And Children
BELMOPAN, Belize, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – The wives of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and heads of state have launched a network, aimed at tackling issues related to health and well-being of women, adolescents and children in the 15-member grouping. ...
Read More »Guyana Unveils Updated Draft Solid Waste Management Strategy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – Solid waste continues to be a risk to Guyana and the Ministry of Communities is moving ahead with its solid waste management strategy to curb it. The Ministry unveiled its updated Draft Integrated ...
Read More »Hurricane Irma Moving Towards Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico And Florida
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Irma was moving towards the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Florida after pounding the British Overseas Territory Anguilla and St. Martin, as it makes its way through the Lesser Antilles on Wednesday. ...
Read More »Brother Of Guyana`s President Dies
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – The 79-year-old brother of President, David Granger, has died, according to an official statement issued here. The Ministry of the Presidency said that Cesare Francis Granger, who worked as a regional technocrat, died ...
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