Household bills can add up to a fortune every month if you’re not careful, and sometimes it can feel impossible to lower the cost of your power bill. We often hear the same energy-saving tips over and over again: “turn ...
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Feed SubscriptionKingston And St. Andrew To Honour “Toots” Hibbert And “Butch” Stewart
KINGSTON-ST. ANDREW, Jamaica (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) passed two Resolutions, on Tuesday, to posthumously honour late reggae pioneer, Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, and business mogul, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, with the Keys to ...
Read More »Calypso Icon, Singing Sandra, Dead At 64
Trinidad and Tobago (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — Sandra DesVignes-Millington, popularly known as Singing Sandra, died on Thursday, January 28, 2021. The Trinidadian calypso artiste — who was born in 1957 in East Dry River, and raised in Morvant — ...
Read More »Guyana’s Ministry Of Commerce Monitoring Steep Increase In Vegetable Prices
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is monitoring the increase in the cost of vegetables, across the country. Several consumers have complained of an almost 100 percent increase in the cost of ...
Read More »Barbados Government Working To Secure Additional Vaccines
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — The government will continue to go up against large and developed countries, in its quest to secure additional COVID-19 vaccines for the people of Barbados. Chair of the COVID-19 Health Communications Team, Ambassador ...
Read More »Jamaica Implements New Stricter Island-wide Curfew Hours
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, announced tighter curfew hours, which took effect yesterday. Holness, who was addressing the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, said the island-wide curfew will commence at 8:00 p.m. instead of ...
Read More »Guyanese Must Comply With Safety Measures To Reduce COVID-19 Transmission: Health Minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, is encouraging the public to comply with instructions, given by medical teams and village and community leaders as they implement measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. ...
Read More »Is National Unity In The US An Unattainable Fantasy?
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist In America, as the call for national “unity” from people in the media and political classes gets louder, a stronger sense of displacement appears. Taking into consideration events, such as protests, an impeached ex-president, business ...
Read More »Keep Hope Alive During This Challenging Time
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Over the last few months, we have all had a front-row seat to the variety of ways that people have reacted to the devastation that the world is now experiencing. If we are not careful, ...
Read More »‘Relationship Glasses’ Shape How We See The Good, The Bad And The Ugly In Romantic Partners
By Jesse Lee Wilde and David J. A. Dozois Guest Contributors For some, the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to spend more time and reconnect with romantic partners. For others, love on lockdown has magnified relationship difficulties that couples were experiencing ...
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