PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – The State-owned air carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), announced, it will resume its regional and international operations, from July 6, on a phased basis, out of its hub in Jamaica. ...
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Guyana Elections Commission Chair Opts Out Of Caribbean Court Of Justice Hearing
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 29, 2020 (CMC) – The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, has indicated she will not “actively participate” in the appeal filed at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), last week, by ...
Read More »Calls For Guyana’s President To Concede Are “Most Ridiculous And Nonsensical”, Declares Joseph Harmon
GEORGETOWN, Guyana June 29, 2020 — Calls for President, David Granger, to concede defeat, resulting from the March 2 polls, will not be heeded, as he remains, and will continue to be, the President of Guyana, asserted the APNU+AFC coalition’s ...
Read More »President Affirms Guyana’s Strong Ties With The United States And Western Hemisphere
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 29, 2020 (CMC) – President, David Granger, has reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to Western Hemispheric values and to the furtherance of mutual goals and ideals. In a recent interview, the Head of State emphasised that the United States ...
Read More »Banning The N-Word On Campus Ain’t The Answer; It Censors Black Professors Like Me
By Vershawn Ashanti Young Guest Contributor When the University of Waterloo, where I teach and research, issued a statement to the media saying that the university “unequivocally believes that there is no place for the use of the N-word in class, ...
Read More »LIAT Airline To Be Liquidated, Says Antiguan Prime Minister
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, June 29, 2020 (CMC) – The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has announced plans to liquidate the regional carrier, LIAT. Prime Minister Browne, who made the announcement on Saturday, said a new ...
Read More »Guyana’s President Declines To Criticize CARICOM Colleagues Over Comments Regarding Election Impasse
By Nelson A. King CMC Correspondent NEW YORK, New York June 29, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana’s President, David Granger, declined to criticize his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) colleagues, today, over the comments they made, regarding the almost-three-month-old delay, of the official ...
Read More »Top-Level US Senators Want Official Results Of Guyana’s Election Declared; Called On President To Concede
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, June 26, 2020 (CMC) – Four Senators, members of the United States Foreign Relations Committee, in a joint statement, yesterday, described as “unacceptable”, the non-release of the official results of Guyana’s disputed, March 2 election. The ...
Read More »Barbados Government Lifts Curfew; Reopens International Airport From July 15
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 26, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados government announced, yesterday, the lifting of the curfew, put in place, since March, to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COBID019), as the island reopens its borders to accommodate regional and ...
Read More »CARICOM Chair Unapologetic Over Remarks Made Regarding Guyana Elections
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 26, 2020 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair, Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, yesterday, remained unmoved at the criticisms, levelled at her, following remarks she made, earlier this week, regarding the disputed election in Guyana. “The truth ...
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