CASTRIES, St. Lucia, February 21, 2019 (CMC) – Parents and students in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are being urged to get fully acquainted with the new primary grade assessment framework, developed by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council ...
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Opposition Parties In Haiti Announce New Round Of Street Protests
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, February 21, 2019 (CMC) – Opposition political parties say they will hold fresh demonstrations across Haiti, tomorrow, in their demands for the resignation of President, Jovenel Moise, even as the government has started efforts to hold ...
Read More »Guyana Trades Union Congress Urges United Front Against Rusal-Owned Bauxite Company
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 21, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has blamed successive governments for the treatment being handed out to workers at the Rusal-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana, who have been on strike, since last weekend, ...
Read More »CARICOM At Odds Again With Organisation Of American States’ Secretary General
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 20, 2019 (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping said it remains “deeply concerned” by the actions and statements of the Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, which it said “are outside ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Government Denies Blocking Attempt By Jamaican Company To Acquire GHL
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is not putting in place measures that would serve to block attempts by the NCB Global Holdings Ltd. of Jamaica (NCBJ) to ...
Read More »Russian-Owned Bauxite Company Of Guyana Not Yet Ready To Say If Striking Workers Would Be Re-Hired
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana said, yesterday, it is too early to state whether termination letters, sent to 60 striking workers, would be rescinded, following talks with labour officials. The workers began ...
Read More »UTECH Students And Staff Protest Over Jamaican Government’s Funds Granted To The Institution
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 20, 2019 (CMC) – President of the University of Technology (UTech), Professor Stephen Vasciannie, today, urged students and staff to remain patient, as negotiations continue over the government subvention, granted to the institution. Vasciannie made the statement ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Says It Is Not Prepared For March Election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 20, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) voted, yesterday, to formally advise that it cannot hold elections, within the 90-day period, as stipulated in the Constitution, following the passage of a motion of no confidence ...
Read More »Wake Up And Smell The Organic Coffee In Jamaica
By Busani Bafana Contributing Writer PORTLAND, Jamaica, February 20, 2019 (IPS) — In 1992, the idea of replanting her father’s ruined coffee farm seemed foolhardy at the time. But, in retrospect, it was the best business decision that Dorienne Rowan-Campbell, ...
Read More »Bringing The #Metoo Movement To The Fashion Industry
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York February 20, 2019 (IPS)– The global #MeToo movement has put a spotlight on sexual harassment and violence in various industries, including the film and music industries. Is it now time for ...
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