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BARBADOS (Friday, October 2, 2020) — Concerns raised in the public domain, with respect to the efficacy of procedures and systems used by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in its computation and declaration of student performance data are of great ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (Friday, October 2, 2020 — Legislation that extends the U.S.–Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) through 2030, passed the Senate, last night, by unanimous consent. The legislation (H.R. 991) passed in the lower House on September ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, October 2, 2020) – Yesterday, Toronto City Council unanimously passed a motion — introduced by Ward 8 Councillor, Mike Colle, and seconded by Deputy Mayor, Ana Bailão — establishing a “Little Jamaica” Heritage and Innovation Hub in ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, October 2, 2020) – The Black Business and Professional Association’s (BBPA) National Scholarship Program announced, today, that 86 Black students, across Canada, will receive the organisation’s national scholarships this year. The National Scholarship Program — formerly named ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda (Friday, October 2, 2020) — Incumbent Premier, David Burt, led his Progressive Labour Party (PLP) to a landslide victory in the island-nation’s General Elections held, yesterday. The PLP won 30 of the 36 seats at stake, with the ...

Georgetown, Guyana – Friday October 2, 2020 — Prime Minister, Brigadier Mark Phillips, yesterday, during a press briefing at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, launched operation COVI-CURB, an initiative by the National COVID-19 Task Force to ensure compliance with the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana Friday, October 2, 2020 — President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, administered the Oath of Office to Manoj Narayan, who will serve as a government-nominated Commissioner to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), and Ganga Persaud, who will be a ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Lock-down, social distancing, and other restrictions have left millions of us vulnerable to a growing uncertainty about the coronavirus, its specific symptoms, as well as a lack of scientific information about its future effects on ...

Dear Editor:  Information is coming to light that the appointment of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of University of Guyana (UG) took place under questionable circumstances, during the interim APNU-led administration, when a proper search committee was not established. The appointments ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia Thursday, October 1, 2020 — The Caribbean and Latin America is in the midst of a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” of technological innovation, which requires enhancing the productivity of the services sector, investing in human capital and ...