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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 15, 2019 (CMC) – President, David Granger, insisted, today, that his coalition government was not unconstitutional, saying there is no legal impediment that restrains it from exercising its functions or requires it to assume only “caretaker” functions. ...

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, March 15, 2019 (CMC) – Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have ended a two-day special summit, here, critical of the European Union, over its decision to name several Caribbean countries to a list of ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is prepared to hold talks with the Florida-based Carnival Cruise Lines, amid confusion, here, as to whether or not the company had cancelled ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 15, 2019 (CMC) – Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, today, dismissed private criminal charges, filed against the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice James Patterson, and the three government-nominated commissioners, saying that the charges had ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator The book, Hidden Figures, made its impact on the world in 2016. Authored by Margot Lee Shetterly, it relates the phenomenal, real-life account of four Black women — Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine ...

By Esther Ngumbi Contributing Writer ILLINOIS, United States, March 15, 2019 (IPS) — The latest UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s annual “Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition Report” highlighted drought as one of the key factors contributing to ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 15, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has indicated that his government will be amending the legislation that establishes the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), to ensure that it does not become bankrupt. But he ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Leader of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Dr. Peter Phillips, says the Andrew Holness-led government is out of touch with the realities of the Jamaican people. Phillips, in his contribution ...

By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Expert With winter kinda still around, I thought I’d share a lovely, soul-warming comfort-dish, packed with pure Caribbean goodness. While oxtails used to be “poor man’s” food, it’s price today tells a different story. ...

By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Expert With an abundance of fresh Callaloo (aka spinach or chorai bhagi) in my garden last summer, and with the many requests for a version of the classic Jamaican Callaloo With Saltfish (salted cod) ...