KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister Andrew Holness is scheduled to have bilateral discussions with the President of China Xi Jingping, during an eight-day official working visit to that country. Holness, who departed the island last Friday, ...
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New Grenada Opposition Leader Attributes 2018 Defeat To British Political Consultancy Firm
St. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – The newly-elected Leader of the main opposition party in Grenada, National Democratic Congress (NDC), Franka Bernardine, believes that the former political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, assisted the ruling New National Party (NNP) ...
Read More »CDB Issues US$350,000 In Grant Funding To Cultural Projects
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved US$350,000 for four projects that are geared at increasing cultural collaboration and improving the enabling environment for culture and the creative arts in the region. The ...
Read More »Jamaica Prime Minister Urges Parents To “Be Vigilant In Protecting Children”
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has reiterated the need for greater parental supervision and protection of children from catastrophic events, such as fires, which can be prevented. He made the plea in the aftermath ...
Read More »Treating Domestic Violence Calls For Meeting The Invisible Victims — The Children
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist October has silently slipped into the shadows of the almanac, carrying with it Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but also giving rise to the arrival of Family Violence Protection Month www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence.html Almost daily, we mourn the ...
Read More »Antigua And Barbuda Joins ALBA Bank
CARACAS, Venezuela, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda has become the seventh member of the ALBA Bank, headquartered in Venezuela. Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, signed the document, yesterday, to formally induct the twin-island nation as a member of ...
Read More »Guyana’s President Says Coalition To Remain Intact For Upcoming General Election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – President David Granger has sought to assure the public that the ruling coalition, between the APNU (A Partnership for National Unity) and the AFC (Alliance for Change), will head into the upcoming general ...
Read More »The Canadian Black Community: Leaders, Choices And Voices
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist In The Mis-Education of the Negro, author Carter Woodson, acknowledged as the “father” of Black History, asserts that Blacks sometimes choose their own leaders but, unfortunately, they are too often the wrong kind. We do ...
Read More »It’s Never Too Late To Succeed
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Even though success means different things to different people, it is one element of life that we all seek — regardless of age, culture, gender, religion or financial status. Individual success proves to us that ...
Read More »Guyana’s Economy Could Expand By 86 Percent In 2020: IMF
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – After expanding by 4.4 percent this year — on the back of continued strength in the construction and services sectors, ahead of oil production in 2020 — Guyana’s economy could grow by a ...
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