By Marion Joppe Guest Contributor The spread of infectious diseases is invariably linked to travel. Today, tourism is a huge global business that accounts for 10.4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 10 per cent of global employment. ...
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How Do I Know If My Child Is Developing Normally?
By Belinda Cuomo, Annette Joosten and Sharmila Vaz Guest Contributors It’s your three-year-old’s birthday and he’s having a party with his daycare friends. You watch as the other three-year-olds ask for more cake and answer questions about what they’re wearing. But your child ...
Read More »Alzheimer’s Disease And Sexual Intimacy: A Long-Overdue Discussion
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer There have been numerous discussions about Alzheimer’s disease, including the toll it takes on the victim(s) and caregivers; and the ravaging effects, in addition to the emotional havoc, it wreaks on those, who are seemingly ...
Read More »US-Based Commerce Group Pushes For World Trade Centre In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 18, 2020 (CMC) – Efforts are being made for the establishment of a World Trade Centre, here, by the end of 2020. According to the Florida-headquartered, Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) that has initiated efforts to ...
Read More »Personal Belongings Recovered As Search Continues For Survivors Of Crashed Airplane In Dominican Waters
ROSEAU, Dominica, February 18, 2020(CMC) – Rescue teams have found some personal items, belonging to the passengers on board a single engine aircraft that crashed into the sea, on leaving the Douglas Charles Airport, north east of here, on Sunday ...
Read More »St. Kitts Government Tables Marijuana-Related Legislation
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Kitts-Nevis Parliament has given the green light to a suite of legislation, aimed at decriminalising marijuana for medicinal purposes, as well as establishing a new authority to oversee the industry. ...
Read More »Patient Tests Negative For Novel Coronavirus In Jamaica; Another Person Isolated
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Health reported, yesterday, that the results for the first patient, who was placed in isolation, have come back negative for the novel Coronavirus (COVID19). The results were received, on Wednesday, ...
Read More »Political Parties In Guyana Sign Code Of Conduct Election’s Campaigning Behaviour
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The 11 political parties, contesting the March 2 regional and general elections, have signed the Code of Conduct, developed by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). The Code serves as a mutual agreement on ...
Read More »Guyana’s Ruling Coalition Unveils Election Manifesto
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The ruling coalition — A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) — launched its “very ambitious” manifesto, for the March 2 regional and general election, today, indicating that ...
Read More »Soca Superstar Machel Montano Marries Long-Time Flame
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago’s “King of Soca”, Machel Montano, married his long-time partner, Renee Butcher, in a civil ceremony at the newly renovated Parliament building, today, Valentine’s Day. Among those ...
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