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By Dorothy M. Davis Guest Contributor TAMPA, Florida, February 21, 2021 (IPS) — My dad, Griff Davis, was a boyhood friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They ran in the same crowd and, after graduating from Morehouse College, stayed ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Although there has been the annual celebration of Black History, since 1995, when former federal Minister and MP, Dr. Jean Augustine, introduced the motion for the Canadian Parliament to recognize February as the designated month, ...

By Julie Carrington Guest Writer Janeil Odle is no stranger to achieving firsts in her life. In 2007, she was the first blind student to write the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination (BSSEE), commonly known as the Common Entrance Exam, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, February 25, 2021) — The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) says that youth inclusion is critical to the growth and expansion of the Agriculture and Fisheries sector. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Thursday, February 25, 2021) — “Good morning and welcome to the opening of the Thirty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “At the outset, I would like to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, February 25, 2021) — Business relations, between Guyana and the United States (US), are stronger now, than ever, asserted US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, during a courtesy call on the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — Members of the public are being advised that there has been a recent increase in the number of deaths, within the monkey population in South Trinidad. Laboratory testing, by the Caribbean ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — Barbadians are being urged to “fiercely” follow the island’s COVID-19 public health protocols and do not let their guard down, even in informal settings. Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, said ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is hiring more public health workers as part of the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The move to bolster the healthcare team, comes as additional bed ...

Michael L. Van Cooten Publisher/Editor GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — “Four years after attaining its political independence, our country declared itself as a republic and assumed the title of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana,” President Irfaan Ali, reminded ...