PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 14, 2018 (CMC) – The Communication Workers Union (CWU) says the state-owned Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) is preparing to send home hundreds of workers, through what it claims to be ...
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Guyana President David Granger Diagnosed With Cancer
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 14, 2018 (CMC) – President David Granger, today, began the second phase of treatment at a hospital in Cuba, after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease in which malignant cancer cells form in the lymph ...
Read More »Caribbean Court Of Justice Declares Guyana’s Cross-Dressing Law Unconstitutional
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 14, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), yesterday, ruled as “unconstitutional” a law in Guyana that makes it a criminal offence for a man or a woman to appear ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Allocates $997 Million For Drain Cleaning And Beautification
KINGSTON, Jamaica November 14, 2018 — The Jamaica government is to undertake a national mitigation, sanitation, drain-cleaning and beautification program, at a cost of $997 million, over the next several weeks, leading into the Christmas season. The program will be ...
Read More »The Caribbean Island Of Mayreau Could Be Split In Two Thanks To Erosion
By Kenton X. Chance Contributing Writer KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines November 12, 2018 (IPS) — As a child growing up in Mayreau four decades ago, Filius “Philman” Ollivierre remembers a 70-foot-wide span of land, with the sea on ...
Read More »Caribbean Looks To Protect Its Seafood From Mercury
By Jewel Fraser Contributing Writer PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago November 14, 2018 (IPS) — Four Caribbean countries have done an inventory of the major sources of mercury contamination in their islands, but a great deal of work still needs to ...
Read More »Protein Wars: Why Men Love Meat
By Sylvain Charlebois Contributing Writer Apparently Canada is going meatless – unless you are a white older male, that is. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, because many Canadians still need a regular meat fix. In fact, many see meat ...
Read More »Four Charged Under Anti-Gang Legislation In Trinidad And Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 14, 2018 (CMC) – Four men, including a 19-year-old youth, will re-appear in court on December 11, after they were charged with being members of a gang, in contravention of the Anti-Gang legislation ...
Read More »Construction Worker In Grenada Faces Lengthy Jail Term On Child Pornography Charge
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 14, 2018 (CMC) – A construction workers, who sent nude photos to an underage male, through the social media platform, remained in custody, yesterday, even though a magistrate offered him EC$20,000 bail on Monday. Sheldon Alexander ...
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