This Week Trends
By Aminta Kilawan-Narine
For the first time, the Miss World Guyana pageant will be promoting Guyanese diaspora applicants from the United States. According to the 2011 American Community Survey, there are over 270,000 Guyanese residents living in the United States...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 23, CMC – The police have made a breakthrough in the murder of a former vice principal of a corporate area high school earlier this year.
The police report that two men have been arrested and charged...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 22, CMC – National Security Minister, Robert Montague, says the Government is developing three mobile applications (apps) that will revolutionize policing in Jamaica.
The Minister who made the disclosure during the recent Jamaica Police Federation/Ministry of National...
Hot Stuff Coming
CARICOM Leaders to Participate in International Conference on Venezuela
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris will lead a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation to Uruguay for an international meeting...
Jamaica to Embark on HIV PrEP Pilot Program
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health says that it will be launching its Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) pilot programme before the end...
Guyana Government to File Stay in GECOM’s Plan to Merge Lists
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The David Granger led administration , through the Attorney General’s Chambers, is moving to the courts to ask for...
Jamaica Minister Relieved of Energy Portfolio Amid Corruption Scandal
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stripped embattled Minister of Science Energy and Technology, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, of the Energy portfolio in...
OTHER STORIES
Lacking Focus on Genuine Issues: Guyana Opposition Forces Employ the...
By Dr. Tara Singh
The difficulty in analyzing “racism” or “ethnicization” can be illustrated in a recent debate on the sugar industry. Attorney General, Hon...
The Year 2020: It had Everything!
COMMENTARY by Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
The year 2020 is going nowhere. There is nothing worse that forgetting how to smile. The fun, laughter and spontaneity...
Shopping For Car Insurance 101
By Randy Persad
Shopping for car insurance can be a daunting task, which is why many people stick with a policy that may be more...
Caribbean American Congresswoman Takes Her 8th Oath of Office At Historic...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, CMC – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has taken her 8th Oath of Office at the start of the historic...
Captain Ralph Clement: Commanding Officer, 9th Precinct, New York Police Department...
Profile of the Month By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Who leaves Guyana for Canada, at age fourteen, stowaway to New York, and end up as a Captain,...
The Boiling Point
Civics, Culture & Community Engagement
By Aminta Kilawan Narine, Esq.
When I spoke out in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in Times Square this...
Community Calls for Justice for Rita Persaud
#JusticeforRitaPersaud
QUEENS, NY – On December 24, 2020, Ritawantee (Rita) Persaud, a popular Indo-Caribbean vocalist and beloved devotee of the Shaanti Bhavan Mandir in Jamaica,...
Come Home and Invest: President Ali Urges Guyanese in Canada
Assures Them of Government’s Commitment to Creating an Enabling Environment
Guyana's President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has urged Guyanese living in Canada to return home...
Police Investigating Christmas Day Murder of Mother and Daughter
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Dec. 27, CMC – The police have launched a probe following the brutal murder of a mother and daughter on Christmas Day.
The...
Trinidad and Tobago Judge Elected to International Criminal Court
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 24, CMC – A High Court judge from Trinidad and Tobago -- Justice Althea Alexis-Windsor -- has been elected...