GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Guyana says it will export an estimated 400,000 tonnes of rice by the end of October, the highest ever in the country’s history. Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, said, after many troubling years, Guyana now has ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has distanced himself from any allegations linking the Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, to a sexual abuse scandal here. “I wish to, absolutely and categorically, deny any involvement in, or ...
Read More »Guyana And China Sign MOU To Train Local Doctors
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Government of Guyana and the People’s Republic of China, last Saturday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the ‘China/Guyana House of Medical Science’ that will train local doctors by members of the Chinese medical ...
Read More »Bloody Weekend In Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – One person was decapitated and two others shot, as Trinidad and Tobago recorded yet another bloody weekend in its history. Police said that the head of an unidentified man was found by a passer-by ...
Read More »Chikungunya Causes Postponement Of Court Cases In Jamaica
Photo above is of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn. KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, says, the outbreak of Chikungunya has led to the postponement of court cases due to the absence ...
Read More »Militarising The Ebola Crisis
Above photo: First shipment of the ramped-up U.S. military response to Ebola arriving in Liberia. Photo credit: US Army Africa/CC-BY-2.0. Analysis by Joeva Rock WASHINGTON, DC (IPS) – Six months into West Africa’s Ebola crisis, the international community is finally ...
Read More »Canadian Prayers And Best Wishes To Calypsonian Stalin
By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Caribbean national residents in Canada are sending get-well wishes and organizing prayer services for one of calypso’s all-time greats, Black Stalin of Trinidad and Tobago. “It was really nice,” cultural historian Caldwell ...
Read More »Doug Ford Vaults Into Second Spot In Mayoral Campaign
TORONTO, Ontario – A new Mainstreet Technologies poll of Torontonians has John Tory continuing to lead amongst those most likely to vote. The poll found Tory with 37% (-3), Doug Ford at 30% (+7) and Olivia Chow at 21% (-4). ...
Read More »Community Asked To “Step Up’’ Support For Tropicana’s Centre Of Excellence
Photo above is of Tropicana Executive Director, Sharon Shelton. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The infrastructure for Tropicana Community Services’ state-of-the-art headquarters in Scarborough is built, but executive director Sharon Shelton says the agency is still ...
Read More »Chef Selwyn’s Thanksgiving Recipes
Plain and Simple Roast Turkey Any type of stuffing works with this roasted turkey. You don’t even have to use stuffing if you prefer not to. It tastes great with or without. 1 whole turkey (18 pounds) 5 cups of ...
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