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, ...
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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 ...
Read More »DOMINICA ELECTIONS: Police Fire Teargas To Disperse Protesting Crowd
ROSEAU, Dominica, November 18, 2019 (CMC) – Police fired teargas to disperse protestors, who had gathered outside the residence of President Charles Savarin, demanding electoral reform, ahead of the December 6 general election. Police have erected barriers, leading to the ...
Read More »Grenada Government Signs New Wage Agreement With Teachers
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Grenada government says it has reached an agreement with the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), providing for a four percent increase in salaries for teachers, over the period 2020-22. A government ...
Read More »Former Guyana Minister Of State, Joseph Harmon, Relinquishes US Citizenship Ahead Of 2020 Election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Director-General in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, announced, yesterday, that he is no longer the holder of U.S. citizenship . Harmon was among four government Ministers, who were forced to ...
Read More »Barbados To Get Funds From IMF In December Following Latest Review Of Local Economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, today, that Barbados continues to make good progress in implementing its ambitious economic reform program, and that the island is in line to receive US$48 million in ...
Read More »Jamaica Grants Nearly 90 Licences For Semi-Precious Minerals
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it is has granted nearly 90 exploratory licences for semi-precious minerals, such as cobalt, copper, gold, silver and zinc, since March, last year. “Right now, almost every square inch ...
Read More »Guyana’s Government Minority Partner Optimistic That It Could Reach Agreement With Coalition Partner
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Alliance For Change (AFC), the minority partner in the coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) government, said, today, it remains optimistic that talks on a successful renegotiation of the Cummingsburg Accord ...
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