By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist The week of May 3- May 9, 2021 was celebrated as Mental Health Awareness Week. While it is important to be aware of something that literally affects anyone, and that about a quarter of the ...
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“There’s a time and a place for everything. If you are going to kill each other, do it outside.” By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Laughter is one of the few things that the virus cannot control, so have a good ...
Read More »Screaming Without Vocal Cords, Many Black Men Are Falsely Accused And Silenced
By Patrick C. Graham, Ph.D. Guest Contributor The revelation, last week, by the Innocence Project and American Civil Liberties Union that DNA and fingerprint evidence did not match Ledell Lee, a Black man executed in 2017 for the murder of ...
Read More »Former Trinidad National Footballer, Clyde Leon, Passes; Sport Minister Extends Condolences
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Former Men’s National Senior Team player, Clyde Leon, 37, who made his debut in 2008 and had 48 caps for the national team, died, last week, reportedly of a heart attack. The ...
Read More »Jamaican Government To Implement Electronic Land Registration System
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Everald Warmington, says several legislative amendments are being undertaken to support the implementation of an electronic land registration system. Making his ...
Read More »Jamaican Government Allocates $321 Million To Purchase Digital Devices For Needy Students
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, May 7, 2021) — A total of $321 million has been earmarked, under the Government’s Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine Program for Jamaica (SERVE), to purchase digital devices for students in need. The devices, to be ...
Read More »Auditors In Guyana Find Over $1 Billion In Expired Drugs And Medical Supplies In Regional Bonds, Reveals Health Minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has divulged that auditors have found over $1 billion in expired medications and medical and diagnostic supplies at regional bonds. Minister Anthony, who was speaking during a ...
Read More »Vaccination Best Option To Save Lives, Exit COVID-19 Pandemic In Guyana, President Ali Exhorts Nation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, May 7, 2021) — President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has said the best option of Guyana exiting the COVID-19 pandemic is vaccination, and is imploring Guyanese to get immunised against the deadly disease. The President made the ...
Read More »Barbados Education Ministry To Monitor Students Affected By COVID Scare
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, May 7, 2021) — The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) will be monitoring the psychological health of students, who were affected by the COVID-19 scare at two public schools. Acting Chief Education Officer, Joy ...
Read More »No Problem With COVID-19 At Two Schools In Barbados, Claims Health Minister
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Although a student has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Princess Margaret Secondary School, and another student at the St. George Primary School has been placed in quarantine, awaiting a second COVID-19 result, ...
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