BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – One week after the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) predicted that the ruling Team Unity administration would, most likely, win the next general elections, here, another regionally-based pollster is pouring could ...
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Guyana’s President Promises Cash Grants For Families With School-Aged Children From Oil Money
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – Families, with school-aged children, have been promised cash grants, once money from the oil industry starts pouring into the country’s coffers. This was announced, on Wednesday, by President, David Granger, as he spoke ...
Read More »Trinidad To Impose Travel Restrictions On Visitors From China
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – The government of this twin-island republic will soon be restricting the entry of passengers from China, for a period of 14 days, as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread. ...
Read More »Former Chief Of Antigua’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission Pleads Guilty In The US
WASHINGTON, DC January 31, 2020 (CMC) – The former Head of the Antigua Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC), Leroy King, has pleaded guilty, for his role in connection with the Stanford International Bank’s (SIB) seven billion US dollar Ponzi fraud ...
Read More »Dominica’s Government To Make Payments To Landowners, As It Prepares To Construct International Airport
ROSEAU, Dominica, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – The Dominica government says it will begin making payments to persons, whose lands have been acquired for the construction of an international airport, on the island’s north-east coast. “We have started negotiations with ...
Read More »OPINION: Kenya Leapfrogging On 4 SDGS; Building Bridges Between Silicon Savannah And Silicon Valley
By Dr. Temina Madon and Radhika Shah Guest Contributors NAIROBI, Kenya, January 31, 2020 (IPS) — One year ago, the UN began implementing reforms, meant to make it more effective in delivering on sustainable development. Now, with the start of ...
Read More »African Nations, Caught In Conflict, Re-Commit To Inclusive Education
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti January 31, 2020 (IPS) — Djibouti’s President, Ismail Omar Guelleh, knows that his country is in need of an education system that is “innovative, based on universal principles and values and adaptive of the local realities”. With ...
Read More »Rapper French Montana Puts His L.A. Calabasas Mansion On The Market For $6.6 Million
Since the early days of Hollywood, celebrities have been buying each other’s houses, either as a moving-up status symbol or to be assured of being in the right celebrity neighborhood, equal to their peers. As neighborhoods close to the studios ...
Read More »The Ultimate Murtani (Spicy Choka) Recipe
By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Specialist Choka or murtani, a spicy condiment made from roasted vegetables and hot peppers (as hot as you can handle), is one of those delectable vegan dishes we enjoy in the Caribbean. While most ...
Read More »Crispy, Chinese-Style Pork Belly
By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Specialist This dish brings back a ton of memories, every-time I make it. I first shared this recipe, back in 2018 on the YouTube channel, and to this day, it’s still a hit. As ...
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