GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 23, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana police force, said, today, they had detained a suspect in the murder of a security guard, who was due to have testified in a case against three people, linked to a ...
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CARICOM’s Year Of Destiny Has Arrived
By David Comissiong* Guest Writer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 10, 2019 (CMC) – I cannot speak for the rest of the Caribbean Community, but I can confidently assert that the people of Barbados, after some 52 years of national independence, are ...
Read More »Guyana Government Accuses Canada Of Complicity In Seeking To Overthrow Democratically-Elected Administration
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 11, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana government has accused Canada of complicity in “an attempt to overthrow” a democratically-elected government, as the fall out continues from the December 21 motion of no confidence that toppled the David ...
Read More »Guyana Government And Opposition Agree To Expeditious Conclusion Of Matters Surrounding No-Confidence Vote
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 10, 2019 (CMC) – The Government of Guyana and the Parliamentary Opposition have committed to work towards concluding matters, surrounding the December 21, no confidence vote in the National Assembly, which is currently engaging the attention of ...
Read More »Grenada Achieves Historic Milestone With Over 500,000 Visitors In 2018
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, January 10, 2019 (CMC) – Grenada achieved a historic milestone in 2018, welcoming more than half a million visitors to the island, revealed the country’s Tourism Authority (GTA). The GTA said that combined ...
Read More »Do The Olympics Still Matter?
By Bruce Kidd Guest Contributor With all the ethical and political problems facing the Olympics, do they still matter? As someone who proudly wears his Olympic heart on his sleeve — I competed in the 1964 Games in Tokyo and ...
Read More »Are Supermarket Self-Check-Outs Encouraging Shoppers To Steal?
By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator While self-service technology may provide convenience and speed, it also converts law-abiding shoppers into petty thieves, by offering them ready-made excuses to take merchandise without paying. An ugly truth conceals itself behind the ...
Read More »The Orgasm Gap And What Sex-ed Did Not Teach You
By Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino and Conall Eoghan Mac Cionnaith Guest Contributers There is a clear disparity between men and women when it comes to achieving orgasm; a phenomenon scientists call the orgasm gap. Studying orgasms is no easy task. We ...
Read More »Celebrating And Reflecting On The Phenomenal, History-Making Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario, January 9, 2019 — On the fifteenth of this month, the undisputed leader of the civil rights movement in the United States of America, the incomparable Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would ...
Read More »Guyana Government Goes To Court, Challenging The Legality Of The Passage Of The No Confidence Motion
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana government, today, filed a motion in the High Court, challenging the legality of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-inspired motion of no confidence on December 21, last year, that brought it ...
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