By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann Guest Writer In a 2016 poll, 58 per cent of African-Americans said they believed that the United States should pay financial reparations to African-Americans who are descendants of slaves. Only 15 per cent of whites agreed. I ...
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Is Your Child Addicted To Screens? Here’s What You Can Do About It
By Jackson A. Smith and Dillon Thomas Browne Guest Writers Luke’s parents gave him a cell phone last year for his 10th birthday. Since then, the amount of time he spends playing video games on and off his phone has increased. ...
Read More »Prominent Award-Winning Trinidad And Tobago Director, Producer And Actor Murdered
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – The Mayor of Arima, Lisa Morris-Julian, said, on Monday, the murder of prominent local actor, Raymond Choo Kong, will have a tremendous impact, as the country responded in shock ...
Read More »Canada-Based Company Plans To Invest Further In Trinidad And Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government announced, on Tuesday, that the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services with operations and investments in 14 countries, is examining the possibility ...
Read More »Antigua PM Not Impressed With Offer Made By Trinidad And Tobago-Based Bank For Acquiring Scotiabank Branch
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is prepared to hold direct talks with Scotiabank, over the acquisition of its local branch, here — by a Trinidad and Tobago-based financial institution, ...
Read More »Canada And The Bahamas Sign Air Services Agreement
NASSAU, The Bahamas, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – Canada and the Bahamas recently signed a bilateral air transport agreement that the Bahamian government says will encourage more Canadian aviation companies to establish a presence in the country. Bahamian Tourism and Aviation ...
Read More »What Canada And South Africa Can Teach The U.S. About Slavery Reparations
By Bonny Ibhawoh Guest Writer America’s failure to understand, acknowledge and resolve the continuing catastrophe of slavery is holding back the entire nation. Without broad public recognition that the country’s original wealth was derived unjustly through slavery, and that deliberate ...
Read More »Canada Urges Non-Governmental Organisations In Jamaica To Seek Funding For Projects
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – Canada is urging non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Jamaica to submit proposals for small-scale, but high-impact, projects that align with Ottawa’s international assistance priorities. Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Laurie Peters, said the proposals ...
Read More »US Customs And Border Patrol Agents Nab Jamaican National On Felony Child Sex Charges
BALTIMORE, Maryland July 18, 2019 (CMC) – The United States Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) says its officers arrested a Jamaican national at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, on a Palm Beach County, Florida felony arrest warrant, for ...
Read More »Guyana’s President David Granger Insists Elections Must Be Credible
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 12, 2019 (CMC) – President David Granger said, today, while it is clear that elections must be held in the “shortest possible time”, he insists nonetheless that the polls must be credible, including the provisions of a ...
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