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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, June 26, 2020 (CMC) – The Dominica Bar Association (DBA), today, described magistrate and veteran radio broadcaster, Michael ‘Mickey’ Bruney, 62, as “a quiet force in the legal profession”, as it mourned his death from lung cancer. The ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 26, 2020 (CMC) – Former Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday, is back on the campaign trail, more than a decade after bowing out of elective politics, and while he is now seeking office, he ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 26, 2020 (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, has called for the establishment of a Gun Court, to deal with the number of gun-related criminal activities in the twin-island nation. He argued, while ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25, 2020 (CMC) – Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen, has expressed concern about one of the ceremonial medals of his office – the British insignia, the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The medal, which is ...