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GEORGETOWN. Guyana, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), says the planned merger of data from the house-to-house registration of voters will not improve the quality or “credibility” of the database, but rather, will ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer CANADA, August 28, 2019 — Unparalleled, even by the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, is the 2019 booming Canadian cannabis industry. June 2018 saw the Cannabis Act (C45) paving the way for the legalization of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaican police force says it has seized several counterfeit goods, as students prepare to return to school, early next month. The Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) said there has ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer In life there are at least three things over which we personally have little say: when we are born, when we die, and when we become grandparents. Today, there are more grandparents than ever before, ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic August 27, 2019 — The Caribbean Mini-Cadet and pre-Cadet Table Tennis Tournament ended, yesterday, with Jamaica walking away with seven medals and third place. Participating countries were Jamaica, Aruba, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Dominican Republic ...

GEORGETOWN. Guyana, August 27, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced, today, that the house-to-house registration exercise, implemented on July 20, will come to an end on Saturday. Newly appointed GECOM Chairperson, retired justice Claudette Singh, who made ...

By David Markowitz Guest Writer Nearly one-fourth of young adults are looking for love through dating websites or apps. This relatively new form of courtship can give you access to a large pool of potential partners. It also presents a ...

By Nicole Wyatt Guest Writer In June, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about the impact on his feminism of dealing with “tough women” in his cabinet. In response, Trudeau said: “It increases my feminism. It continues to challenge and ...

By Carl James Guest Writer Recent reports of the schooling experiences of Black students in elementary, middle and high school in Toronto tell a story of negligence and disregard. This disregard includes a lack of access to appropriate reading materials ...

BRIDGETOWN Barbados, August 22, 2019 — The Barbados government is planning to revise the Customs legislation, before year-end. This disclosure came recently from the Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, who underscored the importance of this amendment. “As ...