GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 31, 2019 (CMC) – Police are investigating the murders of Canadian-based Guyanese, Vivekanand Narpatty, 71, and another person, after their decomposing bodies were found at the now-defunct Sun Splash Hotel in Corentyne, east of here, last Friday. ...
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Death Toll From Influenza Virus Rises In Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, December 31, 2019 (CMC) – The Ministry of Health says the number of people, who have died as a result of the influenza virus, has risen to 37, as it reiterated an appeal for ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Firearms Licensing Authority Warns Against “Gun Salutes”
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 31, 2019 (CMC) – The Firearms Licensing Authority (FLA) has warned licensed firearm holders, that they face immediate revocation of their licenses, if they are caught participating in “gun salutes”, ushering the New Year. “We are also ...
Read More »EXISTENCE: The Quest To Fulfilling Three Basic Human Instincts: Love, Life And Power
By Charles Mwewa Guest Writer Hate, greed and selfishness do not motivate us to do, or not do. They are side-effects, or rather, the result of misunderstanding or mishandling of the three natural instincts of love, life and power. Human ...
Read More »Step Out Boldly With Confidence In The New Year
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Your life lies before you like a path of untrodden snow Be careful how you tread on it for every step will show ..…Anonymous Very soon you will be faced with a brand-new year. As ...
Read More »Quebec Police Under The Gun: An Overhaul Or Time-Out Call?
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer On December 18, Quebec’s Public Security Minister, Geneviève Guilbault, announced the commencement of an overhaul, aimed at modernizing and making Quebec’s police forces more answerable and accountable. At a news conference kicking off the consultation ...
Read More »The Excitement And The Anticipation Of The Year To Come
What can you do on the first day of a New Year that you were not capable of doing 12 months ago? By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist The great Roman Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, cautioned that as humans we cannot control ...
Read More »Guyana’s Finance Minister Files Lawsuit Against Local Newspaper
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 30, 2019 (CMC) – Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, has filed a lawsuit against the Kaieteur News and its editor, Adam Harris, claiming he had been libelled by a story, carried by the newspaper, earlier this year. The ...
Read More »Jamaican Government Establishes Trust Fund More Than Five Decades After Coral Gardens Incident
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government has signed a Deed, establishing a trust fund, 56 years after the Coral Gardens incident in St. James, where the police and soldiers detained Rastafarians. The Coral Gardens incident, also ...
Read More »Jamaica Government To Provide Seed Funding For Tourism Pension Scheme
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it will provide J$250 million for the start-up of the highly anticipated Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme, in January next year. Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, said the funds will form ...
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