KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, has apologised, “unreservedly”, for the inappropriate remarks he made, during a discussion of the issue of sexual harassment, at a sitting of the Joint Select Committee on the Sexual ...
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US Special Purpose Marine Task Force Prepares For Crisis Response Deployment In The Caribbean
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina June 30, 2020 (CMC) – The United States Marines says marines and sailors — assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force–Southern Command (SPMAGTF-SC) — held an opening ceremony, last Friday, at Camp Lejeune, in ...
Read More »Dominica Government Lifts Curfew And State Of Emergency
ROSEAU, Dominica, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – The Dominican government says it will not extend the State of Emergency (SoE) and the curfew that had been in place — as part of the efforts to curb the spread of the ...
Read More »Gratitude Leads To Hope
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Every day, it is becoming increasingly clear that our world is desperately in need of hope. The global pandemic, threatening millions of lives, as well as the aftermath of continued racial injustice, leave us not ...
Read More »Plain To See: Racism In Canada Invokes Intellectual Disparity
In Canada, whenever racism faces denial, history goes on trial By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist In the aftermath of the senseless murder of 46-year-old, African-American, George Floyd, the collective eye became fixed on race relations in Canada. The oppressive system ...
Read More »Guyana’s Government Accuses All International Observers Of Bias
Editor: Guyana’s Interim President, David Granger’s APNU+AFC (A Partnership for National Unity plus the Alliance For Change) representatives are out, in full force, peddling “fake news” to the world media. On Monday morning (29/6/20), Aubrey Norton was on Trinidad and ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines To Resume Regional And International Schedules Out Of Jamaica
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. ...
Read More »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 ...
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