GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 4, 2019 (CMC) – Opposition leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, has promised to implement campaign finance reform in order to fight corruption — if his party is elected to office. ...
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US Composer Of Day-O, Jamaica Farewell And Barbados’ National Anthem Dies At 95
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, December 4, 2019 (CMC) – US composer, Irving Burgie — who helped popularise Caribbean music with songs such as Day-O, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell and Mary’s Boy Child — is dead. Born on July 28, 1924, ...
Read More »Canada Says It’s Now Easier For Caribbean Nationals To Apply For Temporary And Permanent Resident Status
OTTAWA, Ontario December 4, 2019 (CMC) – Building on a government commitment, made earlier this year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says it is now easier for foreign nationals, including Caribbean immigrants, to apply for temporary and permanent resident ...
Read More »Jamaican/Indian-American Democratic Presidential Candidate, Kamala Harris, Drops Out Of Race
SAN FRANCISCO, California December 4, 2019 (CMC) – US Democratic Presidential candidate, Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she was terminating her bid for the Democratic Party’s nominee in next year’s US Presidential Election. Harris, 55, the daughter of a Jamaican ...
Read More »Harriet Tubman Film Does Not Deserve The Twitter Hate
Cheryl Thompson Guest Writer When Harriet, the biopic about Harriet Tubman, debuted earlier this month, reviews were mostly favourable and it did better than expected at the box office, grossing $12 million its opening weekend. Several news stories have since ...
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