KISUMU, Kenya (Monday, March 29, 2021) — Former US President Barack Obama has lost his paternal grandmother, Dr. Sarah Obama, popularly known as Mama Sarah Obama, who passed away, this morning. Dr. Obama, who was 99 years-old, died at the ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, March 26, 2021) — Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, says the government is working to eradicate lawlessness. The Minister was, at the time, responding to a question, posed by the media, about concerns from the public ...
Read More »Leveraging Energy From Renewable Sources Key To Creating New Jamaica: Energy Minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, March 26, 2021) — Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Daryl Vaz, says that leveraging the power of renewable sources for the country’s energy sector is a priority in the creation of a “new Jamaica”. “The anticipated ...
Read More »Only Light Vehicles Will Be Allowed To Cross Guyana’s Demerara Harbour Bridge, Says Public Works Minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, March 26, 2021) — The Demerara Harbour Bridge — which connects East and West Demerara — will only facilitate light vehicular traffic, not exceeding 18 tonnes, following damage to its structural integrity of span nine. Minister of ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago To Receive COVID-19 Vaccines From India And China
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Friday, March 26, 2021) — In response to an official request from Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, to India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the government of India, today, announced that 40,000 doses of WHO-approved Astra Zeneca ...
Read More »Investors Urged To Consider Barbados A Safe Domicile Of Choice
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, March 26, 2021) — Minister of International Business and Industry, Ronald Toppin, is urging potential investors to consider Barbados, as a safe domicile, to expand their global footprint. He made the overture, while addressing the virtual African ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Diaspora Policy To Be Approved As White Paper Shortly
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, March 26, 2021) — State Minister, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Leslie Campbell, disclosed that the draft National Diaspora Policy will soon be approved as a White Paper. “I am truly excited about ...
Read More »Update On “Dump Truck Pushes Mini Cooper Along Highway” In Toronto
Greetings: As the driver of the vehicle that stopped the dump truck, I am disappointed with the coverage of the dump-truck/mini cooper incident, and feel they’ve missed the mark, completely. The issue that should be highlighted in these stories are ...
Read More »RBC Affords Black Entrepreneurs Access To Capital And Dedicated Business Mentorship
TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, March 25, 2021) — A new initiative, designed to address critical barriers that Black entrepreneurs face, when starting, growing and managing their businesses, has been introduced by Canada’s largest banking institution, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). ...
Read More »Make Way: Creating Space For Change In Canadian Politics
By Celina Caesar-Chavannes and Alex Marland Guest Contributors There are many ways politicians and bureaucrats can show leadership in response to calls to democratize Canadian politics. Specifically, there are a lot of things men can do, particularly heterosexual white men. As the ...
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