GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, October 23, 2020) — The PPP/C administration has claimed that the widespread distribution of State lands, by the former coalition government, over the last five years, is a clear case of “organised crime” that must be swiftly ...
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Trinidad’s Ministry Of Family Services Making Progress On Its Promise That No One Will Be Left Behind
PORT-OF-SPAIN Trinidad and Tobago (October 20, 2020) — During a tour of the affected households in Chase Village, last week Saturday, October 17, Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Senator Donna Cox, proclaimed that her Ministry continues to do ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Signs General Framework Agreement With Chile
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Friday, October 23, 2020) — Senator, Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Tuesday, signed the General Framework Agreement for commencement of negotiations of a Partial Scope Trade Agreement, between Trinidad and Tobago ...
Read More »Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Governor Calls For ECPCGC To Support Women
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis (Friday, October 23, 2020) — The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy N. J. Antoine, made a special call, last week Thursday, for the recently-launched Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) ...
Read More »Jamaica Education Ministry Hands Over 213 Tablets To Students In Portland
PORTLAND, Jamaica (Friday, October 23, 2020) — More than 200 students, from four primary schools in Portland, were presented with tablets, yesterday, as the government continued the distribution of devices, under the Tablets in Schools Program. Minister of Education, Youth ...
Read More »Jamaican Health Ministry Puts Measures In Place To Address COVID-19 Cases At Vineyard Town Golden Age Home
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, October 23, 2020) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be closely monitoring the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, over the next 14 to 21 days, as the government puts measures in place to ...
Read More »An Expert In Nonverbal Communication Watched The Trump-Biden Debate With The Sound Turned Down – Here’s What He Saw
By Patrick Stewart Guest Contributor President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on Oct. 22 for the final debate in the 2020 election and, like the first debate, it was unusual. COVID-19 forced social distancing and largely took ...
Read More »Joyce Echaquan’s Death: How A Decolonizing Approach Could Help Tackle Racism In Health Care In Canada
By Marie-Claude Tremblay Guest Contributor The horrific death of Joyce Echaquan, from the Atikamekw Nation in Manawan, has sparked conversations on systemic racism in Canada. Echaquan heard racist and degrading comments from health-care workers at a hospital in Joliette, Que., north ...
Read More »Ontario’s Cannabis Agency Earns $18.6 Million; Beats Alberta’s, But Lags Québec’s
By Michael J. Armstrong Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, October 23, 2020) — According to recently released financial statements, the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) earned $18.6 million during its 2019-20 financial year. That’s a welcome reversal from the previous year’s ...
Read More »Black Legal Action Centre Statement On The Acquittal Of Constable Daniel Montsion In The Death Of Abdirahman Abdi
TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, October 22, 2020) — “We are deeply disappointed that yet another police officer has eluded conviction for killing a Black man. “Justice Robert Kelly’s recent verdict that found Constable Daniel Montsion not guilty of all charges in ...
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