NEW YORK, New York November 11, 2019 (CMC) – Caribbean-American, New York City Democratic Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams, won the New York General Elections for Public Advocate by a landslide, last week Tuesday. With 5,332 of the 5,901 polling precincts ...
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Black AIDS Prevention Organization In Toronto Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Toronto, Ontario, November 11, 2019 – The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP), the largest service provider of its kind in Canada, is celebrating a momentous milestone, later this month, and will also honour its founders. The organization will ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines Guyana To New York Flight Diverted To The Bahamas Due To Engine Trouble
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 11, 2019 (CMC) – A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight, bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York from Guyana, diverted to Nassau, Bahamas, late Saturday, due to a mechanical issue with ...
Read More »American Airlines To Serve St. Croix With New Flights Next Summer
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands (November 6, 2019) — The U.S. Virgin Islands’ Department of Tourism has announced the addition of a third American Airlines daily flight, between Miami and St. Croix, next summer. Commissioner of Tourism, Joseph Boschulte, reported ...
Read More »If You Witness Physical Abuse, Do Something
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
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