GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana-based conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, says it is entering the energy and auto sales industries, in keeping with the needs and demands of the local economy. “The economy, which is poised to undergo ...
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Another Oil Discovery In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana government announced, yesterday, that the US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil, has made its 16th oil discovery, offshore Guyana. Director in the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, said the new discovery was ...
Read More »Guyana And India Celebrate Bonds Of Friendship
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana has re-affirmed its bonds of friendship with India, since the two countries first established diplomatic relations in 1966. Addressing the 70th anniversary of the Republic of India, here, on Sunday night, President, ...
Read More »Foreign Minister Says “Grenada Is A Defacto Abolitionist State”
By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – Grenada has given an assurance to the international community, that it will not be executing the lone prisoner, who is currently on death row, nor will it ...
Read More »St. Vincent Government Looking For New Investors For Resort
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has confirmed that his administration is seeking to find new investors to take over the Buccament Bay Resort, which has been closed, since December ...
Read More »Jamaica Denies Any Case Of Coronavirus
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government denied reports, today, of a case of the deadly coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that has been blamed for more than 100 deaths in China. “I just want to say, categorically, that there ...
Read More »Trinidad’s National Security Minister Pleased With National Discussion On Crime
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Stuart Young, today, described as “very successful”, a one-day National Discussion on Crime summit in Trinidad and Tobago. “This was really an opportunity for us to ...
Read More »Chinese Nationals Arrive In Grenada On Private Flight; Screened For Coronavirus Risk
By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – The Grenada government has confirmed that a chartered flight from China, with eight people on board, had arrived here, during the early hours of Tuesday, and that ...
Read More »CARICOM Mourns Passing Of Former St. Vincent And Grenadines Governor General
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque, says former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Governor General, Sir Frederick Ballantyne, will be remembered for his dedicated service to his country, as he extended condolences, ...
Read More »Canadian Newsrooms Not Keeping Up With Changing Demographics, Study Suggests
By Sonya Fatah and Asmaa Malik Guest Contributors Over the past two decades, as Canada’s demographics have shifted, news organizations have failed to reflect the country’s increasing diversity, in both content and staffing. On January 28, two national journalism groups, calling ...
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