As we transition from fall to winter, we tend to focus most of our energy on updating our wardrobe for the cool weather, but often forget about our beauty routine, which is equally important. From dry skin to flat hair, ...
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Poetry Soapbox: Death Mask
Death Mask By Lorna King PRIDE Poet Laureate In the split second, between wakefulness, and sleep, my ancestors visit me wearing death masks with a backdrop of lighted black and white they gently surround my fears; while they probe my ...
Read More »Fully-automated Roti-making Robot Launched In Canada
CANADA, October 25, 2017 — Imagine a robot capable of making roti in a fraction of the time it takes a person. After a successful run in Singapore and the United States, Rotimatic — manufactured and marketed by Zimplistic Inventions ...
Read More »Guyana Police Arrested Foreign Nationals After Seizing Drugs And Illegal Weapons On Two Boats
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 25, 2017 (CMC) – Guyana police say, they have arrested eight people, following the discovery of high-powered guns and illegal drugs on two boats, today, on the Barima River, a tributary of the Orinoco River, entering from ...
Read More »Political Demission And The Quebec Human Rights Commission: Quebec Premier’s move was bold but the truth should be told — racialized minorities have been left out in the cold
By Yvonne Sam Columnist QUEBEC, Canada, October 24, 2017 — To the watching public, the Quebec government’s recent removal of the Human Rights Commission’s mandate to lead the consultation on systemic discrimination and racism, and its subsequent renaming and reframing, ...
Read More »Antigua Minority Opposition Party Questions Prime Minister’s “Haste” To Fire Tourism Minister
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 25, 2017 (CMC) – The minority opposition, Democratic National Alliance (DNA), is questioning the “haste”, in which Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, removed his Investment and Tourism Minister, Asot Michael, from his cabinet, following his ...
Read More »Trinidad Government To Invest Millions In New Joint Venture Project
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 21, 2017 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has entered into a multi-million dollar joint private-public sector initiative, as it moves to revive an aluminium smelter project that had been ...
Read More »The Factories Corporation Of Jamaica To Add 1.5 Million Square Feet Of Space
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2017 — The Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) plans to establish some 1.5 million square feet of office space, adding to the 1.7 million square feet already in operation, and providing more than 30,000 new jobs. ...
Read More »St. Vincent Cruise Sector Expects To Benefit From Hurricane Damage To Other Caribbean Countries
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines tourism sector is expected to benefit as a result of the damage caused to other Caribbean islands by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, last month, ...
Read More »Falmouth Port To Become A Model Regional Cruise Shipping Port, Says Jamaica Tourism Minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the Port of Falmouth, in the northern parish of Trelawny, is poised to become a model regional cruise shipping destination, noting that this augurs well for Jamaica’s industry ...
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