By Annan Boodram Guest Writer A few days ago, a Guyanese-American man murdered his wife and then hanged himself. According to a co-worker of the deceased, “It was noted that Dojoy (the wife) would tell her friends that Budhidat (the ...
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Allidia Aubrey Captures 2019 Miss Wob Dwiyet Canada Title
TORONTO, Ontario November 8, 2019 — Allidia Aubrey, representing the village of Morne Rachette, won the title of Miss Wob Dwiyet Canada 2019, out of a field of four contestants. The cultural pageant show was the highlight of the Commonwealth ...
Read More »Haitian-American Legislator Wins Third Election In Six Months
NEW YORK, New York November 8, 2019 (CMC) – Haitian-American New York City Democratic Council Member, Farah Louis, won the New York General Elections, on Tuesday, for the 45th Council District in Brooklyn, by a massive landslide – her third ...
Read More »Barbados Implements Ban On Single-Use Plastics
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Effective January 1, 2020, the ban on single-use, petroleum-based plastic packaging, containers and utensils will be implemented. According to Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, retailers are urged to ...
Read More »Grenada Signs US$1.5million Contract With US Healthcare Company
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – The government of Grenada announced, today, that it will be paying a firm, based in the United States, between US$800,000 and US$1.5 million to complete the process for implementation of the National ...
Read More »Travel To Caribbean Continues To Grow Despite Powerful Storms
LONDON, England November 6, 2019 (CMC) – A study, undertaken by ForwardKeys, a travel analytics firm, has revealed that despite the recent ravages of hurricane Dorian and other huge storms in the Caribbean, tourism will continue to grow. The results ...
Read More »No Plans To Replace Or Neglect Guyana’s Mining Sector, Says Minister Of Natural Resources
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has assured the country that the government has no plans to replace, nor neglect, the mining sector. Trotman — who was speaking at the opening of a ...
Read More »Dominicans To Vote For New Government On December 6
ROSEAU, Dominica, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Dominicans go to the polls on December 6 to elect a new government, after Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, last night, announced that he had advised President, Charles Savarin, to dissolve the Parliament, today, ...
Read More »Three Plead Guilty To 2011 Murder Of Mother And Daughter In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Three men of five, who were charged with the murder of a mother and her daughter, in the central parish of St. Catherine in 2011, have pleaded guilty. The men, Adrian Campbell, Roshane ...
Read More »Jamaican Prime Minister On Official Working Visit To China
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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