By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist In this day and age, it can be hard to eat healthy. With your busy schedule, especially if you have children, many people find it easier to grab whatever is available and the quickest, ...
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Jamaican Red Kidney Bean Stew
By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist Ingredients 1-1/2 cups dried, red, kidney beans 1 bay leaf 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large red onion, thinly sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tablespoon molasses 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon ...
Read More »To Be Wise: What Should You Overlook?
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook” — William James By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Today’s world produces so many distractions and detours that it is a real challenge to decide what should be ...
Read More »PNM And UNC Both Claim Victory In Trinidad And Tobago’s Local Government Elections
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, December 5, 2019 (CMC) – The ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) and the main opposition United National Congress (UNC) each won seven of the 14 electoral districts in Trinidad and Tobago in Monday’s Local ...
Read More »Canada Gives Grants To Organisations In Jamaica To Advance Gender Equality
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 5, 2019 (CMC) – The Canadian High Commission in Jamaica has offered five grants to local organisations, to advance gender-equality, peace and security in the communities they serve, across the island. The organisations are the Boxing Board ...
Read More »Investigation Underway Into Death Of Worker At Jamaica’s Sangster International Airport
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 5, 2019 (CMC) — The circumstances surrounding the death of a workers at the Sangster International Airport in the western city of Montego Bay, is the subject of a probe, being carried out by MBJ Airports Limited ...
Read More »President David Granger Urges Guyanese To Drive With Caution Following Spate Of Fatalities
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 5, 2019 (CMC) – President, David Granger, has issued a call for care to be taken on the roads, in the wake of a spate of fatalities, last weekend. In a statement, yesterday, Granger said the “deaths, ...
Read More »Jamaica Named World’s Leading Family And Cruise Destination
By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor KINGSTON, Jamaica December 5, 2019 — Jamaica copped several awards at the World Travel Awards’ Grand Final Gala Ceremony, held in Muscat, Oman, recently, including World’s Leading Family Destination and World’s Leading Cruise Destination. Facing ...
Read More »Toronto Company Selected By St. Vincent Cannabis Authority To Help Facilitate Emergence Of Industry
By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario December 5, 2019 — Toronto-based Ample Organics Inc. has reached an agreement with St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) “to strengthen the medicinal cannabis industry” in the Caribbean nation, by ...
Read More »Guyana’s Opposition Leader Pledges To Implement Campaign Finance Reform If Party Elected
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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