PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has named former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara as a special envoy. A brief government statement said that Lara, who has the highest individual first class and test scores ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC –Guyana has recorded a six per cent increase in murder for the first eight months of this year as compared to 2014, according to official figure released here. Police said that a total of 108 murders were ...
Read More »Political And Religious Groups In Trinidad Condemn Racist Statements Aimed At PNM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Political and religious leaders Monday condemned what they termed racial comments posted on the social media after the People’s National Movement (PNM) came to power following the September 7 general election. Prime Minister Dr. ...
Read More »Jamaica Record Revenue Surplus
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica recorded revenue of J$127.2 billion (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.004 cents) during the first four months of this fiscal year, the co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has said. Byles said that ...
Read More »Guyana Prime Minister Says Government Will Continue To Pursue “Goals Of National Unity”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC — Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says the APNU+AFC Government will continue to strive for national unity with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) although they closed the door on talks to that effect. In response to a ...
Read More »Guyana Parliament Approves Legislation Paving Way For Local Government Polls
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana parliament has passed legislation paving the way for the holding of Local Government elections last held here in 1994. Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan had tabled the amendment to the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill ...
Read More »New Trinidad PM Names New Cabinet
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Friday named a 21-member Cabinet with emphasis on youth and a sprinkling of people with cabinet experience. four days after his People’s National Movement won the general elections in ...
Read More »Body Found At Foot Of Kaieteur Falls Is That Of Missing Woman
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC — Security will be strengthened security around Kaieteur Falls, following reports that the body found at the bottom of the tourist attraction, has been identified as that of Gyaneshwarie Sivanand, the woman who went missing two weeks ...
Read More »Rich Gulf Nations Tight-Lipped On Growing Refugee Crisis
Photo above: A woman waits with her son outside the registration centre in Kos, just kilometres from the Turkish coast. For Syrians, the process is now easier, thanks to a ship-based registration centre docked at the island. For others, like this ...
Read More »Are Black Men America’s Great, Underappreciated Assets?
Social Entrepreneur Reframes The Perception What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about black males in the United States? That’s the question social entrepreneur Trabian Shorters would like more Americans to ask themselves. “I’d follow that ...
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