GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 11, (CMC) – The Guyana government has handed over a copy of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of noted historian and political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney, even as the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) ...
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Coral reefs are incredibly important to the diversity and health of our oceans. Making up only 0.2 percent of our oceans, but containing around a quarter of all marine fish species, coral reefs are second only to rainforests in biodiversity ...
Read More »Trinidad Denies Setting Up Facility Specifically To House Jamaican Deportees
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 9, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has denied suggestions that it is establishing a new facility, near the Piarco International Airport, to house Jamaican nationals prevented from entering the oil-rich twin ...
Read More »US Identifies Priority Areas To Help Caribbean Economies Grow
By Nelson A. King CMC Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC May 5, (CMC) – United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, has identified what he regarded as three priority areas in which the Obama administration would like the economies of Latin America ...
Read More »Visit To West Africa Stirs Memories Of African Slave Trade
By Kenton X. Chance CMC Caribbean Correspondent DAKAR, Senegal, May 5, (CMC) — Belize’s ambassador to the European Union, Dr. Dylan Vernon, was excited about coming to West Africa for the first time, even though it was not just about ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Ministries Of Health And Education Join Forces To Address Special Education Needs
By Chad Bryan JIS Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica May 4 (JIS) — The Ministries of Health, and Education, Youth and Information will be partnering to more effectively serve children with special educational needs. Education Minister, Senator Ruel Reid, said the intervention, ...
Read More »Guyana Government Doing Everything Possible To Reduce Crime, Says Minister Ramjattan
GEORGETOWN, Guyana May 5 (GINA) — Guyana’s Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, told the National Assembly, last evening, that the government is very concerned about the crime situation in Guyana, and is doing everything possible to reduce crime. “We on this ...
Read More »Jamaica Government To Roll Out Assistance To Flood-Affected Farmers Next Week
By Alecia Smith-Edwards JIS Correspondent PORTLAND, Jamaica May 4 (JIS) — Starting next week, the government will roll out a program of assistance for farmers in Portland and St. Thomas, who lost crops and livestock during the recent flood rains. ...
Read More »Imran Khan Resigns As NCN Board Director In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 3, (CMC) – The Director of Public Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has resigned as a director of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) in protest at the appointment of Lennox Cornette ...
Read More »Could The UN Be Doing More To Protect Journalists?
By Thalif Deen IPS UN Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, New York May 3 (IPS) — As the world commemorates World Press Freedom Day, today, a coalition of some 35 press freedom groups is calling on the 193-member General Assembly to appoint ...
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