By Ewart Walters Guest Writer How long is the Canadian media going to continue skimming the surface issue of blackface, without plumbing the depths of the real story of anti-Black racism, race and color prejudice, and white privilege in what ...
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St. Vincent And India Sign Agreements; Explore Deepening Ties
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, September 20, 2019 (CMC) – The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has signed three agreements with its Indian counterpart, during Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves’, recent visit to the subcontinent. Gonsalves travelled to ...
Read More »Former IMF Head Praises Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 20, 2019 (CMC) – The former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has praised Jamaica for the “remarkable” accomplishments, under its financial arrangements with the Fund, which have now concluded. “Through two programs, ...
Read More »Guyana’s Opposition Disappointed With GECOM’s Timeline For Elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Leader of the main opposition — the People’s Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C-C), Bharrat Jagdeo, has expressed disappointment with the end of February timeline presented by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ...
Read More »African Development Bank Plans For A Self-Sufficient, Integrated And Industrialised Continent
By Nalisha Adams and Busani Bafana Contributing Writers JOHANNESBURG, South Africa/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 20, 2019 (IPS) — Arama Sire Camara, a fruit and vegetable seller in the province of Kindia, some 135 km from the Guinean capital of Conakry, feels ...
Read More »Prime Minister Justin Trudeau In Blackface: A Symptom Of Canada’s Widespread Anti-Black Racism
By Philip S. S. Howard Guest Writer The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau performed in blackface when he was a student and a teacher has once again made blackface the topic of the day — this time in the middle ...
Read More »Guyana Bar Association Accuses Government Of Operating Outside Rule Of Law
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Bar Association of Guyana has condemned what it called the failure by the government to hold general and regional elections, within the period mandated by the Constitution following the passage of a ...
Read More »Jamaica To Export Frozen Lobster To China
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 20, 2019 (CMC) – The governments of Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China signed a protocol, yesterday, governing the export of frozen lobster from the island to the Chinese market. The agreement outlines the sanitary and ...
Read More »St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Meets World Bank Consultants Regarding Planned National Health Insurance Program
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, September 20, CMC — Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, concluded a meeting with the National Health Insurance Committee and consultants from the World Bank, as he presses ahead with plans to implement a national health insurance program, here, ...
Read More »Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau: “I Am Very Sorry”
Editor: He is one of the youngest and privileged Prime Ministers. He is the Prime Minister of Canada. Eighteen years ago, he did something that can only be labelled, “racist”. He has apologized. Meanwhile, the photos and a video, where ...
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