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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday, January 16, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana government, yesterday, labelled as “patently false”, a media report that President David Granger had awarded himself a salary increase. The Ministry of Finance, in a statement, said that the report ...

By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Thursday, January 16, 2020 (CMC) – Fifteen years after re-establishing diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, Grenada, on Tuesday night, re-affirmed its commitment to adhere to the One-China policy, while ...

NASSAU, The Bahamas, Thursday, January 16, 2020 (CMC) – The Bahamas has been promised US$1.5 billion in assistance, as it seeks to rebuild the country that was battered by a Category 5 hurricane, last September. A United Nations Development Program ...

By Kindel Turner Nash Guest Contribtor Because I conduct research about reading, parents often ask me the same question: “What can I do to help my child become a better reader?” I always give them the same advice: “Read with your ...

By Rachel Anne Barr Guest Writer Pornography has existed throughout recorded history, transforming with the introduction of each new medium. Hundreds of sexually-explicit frescoes and sculptures were found in the Mount Vesuvius ruins of Pompeii. Since the advent of the internet, porn ...

By Samira Sadeque IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York Thursday, Jan 13 2020 (IPS) — While the United States is busy with foreign operations, such as killing Qasem Soleimani, a key figure in Middle East Politics, behind the scenes ...

By Busani Bafana IPS Africa Correspondent IBADAN, Nigeria, Thursday, January 16, 2020 (IPS) –– Africa will starve, or survive on expensive food imports, because it is not growing new farmers, research shows. And the challenge remains — among researchers, policy ...

Thursday, January 16, 2020 West Africa — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, for a second term at the helm of the institution. The decision was announced ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday, January 16, 2020 (CMC) – The government is taking steps to craft legislation, to impose harsher sanctions for the owners of dogs that attack, injure and or cause the death of a person. This follows Cabinet’s approval ...

NEW YORK, New York Thursday, January 16, 2020 (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) agency says it has lodged a detainer with the New York Police Department (NYPD), following the arrest of a Guyana-born suspect in ...