By Jennifer Power and Andrea Waling Guest Contributors The public health response to COVID-19 has placed unprecedented limits on social contact. Many people may go without physical sexual intimacy for an extended (and indefinite) period. Given human touch and connection are fundamental ...
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Leading Jamaican Choreographer Sues US Superstars Jayz And Beyoncé
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25, CMC – Dr. L’Antoinette Stines, the founder and lead choreographer of the renowned Jamaican dance group, L’Acadco, has filed a lawsuit against music superstars, Jay Z (birth named Shawn Corey Carter) and his wife, Beyoncé Giselle ...
Read More »Western Countries Concerned At Long Delay In Declaring Guyana’s Election Results
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 24, 2020 (CMC) – Four Western countries, yesterday, expressed concern at the long delay in announcing the official results of the disputed March 2 election in Guyana. In a joint statement, the Ambassador of the United States, ...
Read More »CARICOM Dismayed At New Developments In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expressed concern, yesterday, at the developments in Guyana, where the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and general election is yet to be officially declared. CARICOM Chair ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines Lost Over US$14 Million In Just Over One Month, Due To COVID-19
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 24, 2020 (CMC) – The state-owned carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), has recorded a loss of more than US$14 million, in just over a one-month period, as a result of the impact of the ...
Read More »Fighting Racism With People Power
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist As we go through these days of unparalled upheaval, I am reminded of the simple adage that says ,“The times they are a changing”. That, I believe is a fitting statement for today’s situation, in ...
Read More »Senior Advisor Appointed To Arrest Anti-Black Racism In Brampton
By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor BRAMPTON, Ontario June 24, 2020 (PRIDE) – “For too long, brilliant, innovative, hard-working Black Canadians, with so much to offer, have been overlooked and excluded, just because of the skin they are in. This has ...
Read More »Ghanaian-Canadian Is The New Executive Director Of The Canadian Centre For Gender And Sexual Diversity
By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor OTTAWA, Ontario June 23, 2020 — Deborah “Debbie” Owusu-Akyeeah, a first-generation Ghanaian-Canadian, is the new Executive Director (ED) of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD). Owusu-Akyeeah, who will officially start in her ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Says Murder Rate Curve Flattening, Over Past Two Years
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 17, 2020 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, disclosed that the homicide rate curve has been flattening, across Jamaica, over the last two years, as a result “of the structured and strategic security measures”, implemented by ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Chair Instructs CEO To Submit Elections Report, Using Recount Results, By 1PM Tomorrow; OAS Welcomes Decision
GEORGETOWN, Guyana June 17, 2020 — The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh, yesterday, officially instructed Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, to “prepare and submit” a final elections report to the Commission, by 1PM tomorrow. In ...
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