GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 4, 2020 (CMC) – Police say one person is assisting their investigations into the death of a 28-year-old employee of a security firm, during a card game, yesterday. The police said that Raymond Leitch, a miner, who ...
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The Reason Why Every Black Youth Should Learn A Trade
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist From time immemorial, the mantra has been the same, from every Black parent to their children: “Go to university and get a degree, so you can get a good job”. Such a move was adopted ...
Read More »Eastern Airlines To Begin Service To Guyana In March
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 3, 2020 (CMC) – The rebranded Dynamic Airways – now known as Eastern Airlines, will begin service to Guyana on March 5. The recent announcement was made, just two months after the airline was given the go-ahead. ...
Read More »Barbados Says Science Will Help Drive Blue Economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 3, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados has welcomed the visit of a team of experts, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as it acknowledged that science will be a key driver in helping people to understand, ...
Read More »No Looking Back; Just Keep Moving Forward
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Sadly enough, in today’s society, you are always challenged to define what is wrong with you, rather than what are your strengths, your passions and your accomplishments. Hence, the reason for too many people to ...
Read More »Guyana’s President To Provide Lands To Thousands Of Sugar Workers His Administration Retrenched
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 3, 2020 (CMC) – President, David Granger, promised that former workers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), will be given an opportunity to own state-lands, as he announced the establishment of a State Land Resettlement Commission. Granger, ...
Read More »Blacks Can Learn Valuable Lessons From Geese: Wisdom Shows There’s Much To Be Learnt From The Birds, And It’s Not All “For The Birds”
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist I am not endeavoring to raise a breed of ornithologists, but instead, desirous of bringing about a heightened awareness of something that should not be viewed as being “for the birds”. Next autumn when we ...
Read More »More Than 100 People Murdered In Jamaica Last Month
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 3, 2020 (CMC) – More than 100 people were murdered during the first month of this year, according to figures released, here. The figures show that at the end of January, 116 people were murdered, an eight ...
Read More »The Battle Of The Pollsters In St. Kitts, Ahead Of Elections
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – One week after the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) predicted that the ruling Team Unity administration would, most likely, win the next general elections, here, another regionally-based pollster is pouring could ...
Read More »Guyana’s President Promises Cash Grants For Families With School-Aged Children From Oil Money
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – Families, with school-aged children, have been promised cash grants, once money from the oil industry starts pouring into the country’s coffers. This was announced, on Wednesday, by President, David Granger, as he spoke ...
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