ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 30, 2018 (CMC) – The leader of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nazim Burke, yesterday, described the March 13 general election date as a “liberation and referendum day” for Grenadians. On Sunday night, Prime ...
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Grenada’s Governing Party Looking For Second Consecutive Whitewash At The Polls
By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 30, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, on Sunday night, announced March 13 as the date for fresh general elections in Grenada, telling supporters that the last five years ...
Read More »Union Dismisses Guyana Opposition Leader’s Criticism Of Meeting With Government On Behalf Of Sugar Workers
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 30, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana Agriculture and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has brushed aside criticisms of its decision to hold talks with the government on the plight of sugar workers, insisting that it is necessary to ...
Read More »Drunken Canadian Arrested And Fined Over Disruptive Behaviour On Caribbean-bound Air Transat Flight
HAMILTON, Bermuda, January 30, 2018 (CMC) — A 60-year-old Canadian was fined US$1,000, after he admitted to drunken and disruptive behaviour that forced his Caribbean-bound flight to divert to Bermuda, last weekend. The Magistrates’ Court heard, yesterday, that Joseph Matrundola ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Police Appeals For Help As Country Records Bloodiest January In History
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, January 30, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) yesterday, appealed for support from law-abiding citizens, as the twin island republic recorded the highest number of murders in the month of ...
Read More »Renewed Partnership To End Hunger In Africa By 2025
By António Guterres Guest Writer After a period of prolonged decline, world hunger is on the rise. Africa has the highest rates of hunger in the world, and they are increasing. Agricultural and livestock productivity in Africa is under threat. ...
Read More »Closure Of Ethiopia’s Most Notorious Prison: A Sign Of Real Reform Or A Smokescreen?
By James Jeffrey Contributing Writer ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia January 30, 2018 (IPS) — Ethiopia’s most notorious prison lurks within the capital’s atmospheric Piazza, the city’s old quarter, popular for its party scene at the weekend when the neon signs, loud ...
Read More »US President Trump’s First State Of The Union Address: Refugee Policy And What Will Likely Go Unsaid
By Elizabeth G. Ferris Guest Writer WASHINGTON DC, January 30. 2018 (IPS) — It is unlikely that US President Donald J. Trump will reverse his policies toward refugees in his State of the Union address tonight. Despite his expected silence ...
Read More »Women In Zimbabwe On The Front Lines Of Halting Deforestation — While Providing Livelihoods For Familes
By Sally Nyakanyanga Contributing Writer PLUMTREE, Zimbabwe, January 30 2018 (IPS) — In Zimbabwe, the bulk of rural communities and urban poor still get their energy supplies from the forests, leading to deforestation and land degradation. The Zimbabwe Environmental Law ...
Read More »Guyana Government Defends Decision To Retrench Sugar Workers
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 29, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government has defended its decision to retrench more than 1,000 workers at the Enmore sugar estate saying “hard decisions” had to be taken to save the sugar industry. A government delegation, ...
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