Over Harassment of Persons Partaking in Pre-carnival Festivities
NEW YORK, (Sep 3, 2017) – The police in Brooklyn have arrested a woman who has been waging what has been described as a constant noise complaint war on the Caribbean pre-carnival festivities as the West Indian American Day Carnival parade climaxes on Monday.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said Crown Heights,...
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Open Letter from Top Business Execs: 'Dreamers Are Vital to the Future of Our Economy'
WASHINGTON, CMC – Amid deep concerns that United States President Donald
Trump could end an Obama-era policy of protecting young, illegal immigrants, top US
executives at a number of companies, business groups and academic institutions have
collaborated in voicing support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
Second Time Within a Week
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Sept 1, 2017) – Robert Le Hunte, a former banker in Ghana, was sworn in Thursday night as a Senator and Minister of Public Utilities for the second time within a one week period.
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley had earlier this week blamed a “communication hitch” for rescinding the appointment of...
Granger Says on Receiving COI Report on Alleged Assassination Plot Against Him
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Aug. 31, 2017) – President David Granger says the Office of the Presidency must be protected regardless of who is in power.
Granger made the comment after receiving the report of the Commission of Inquiry into an alleged plot to assassinate him.
The President noted that the inquiry...
Says he Attempted to Smuggle the Drug to Support his Son in College
GUYANA -- A US-based Guyanese man, who claimed that he attempted to take cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan Airport to support his son in college, will be missing the son’s entire college life, after he was sentenced to four years in jail following a guilty plea for...
In The Development of a Petroleum Industry
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Aug. 31, 2017) – President David Granger says his administration is will be working with US based oil giant, ExxonMobil, to develop a long term relationship founded on transparency, accountability, openness and aligned interests for the good of Guyana.
During a meeting with a delegation of ExxonMObil executives on Wednesday, Granger said...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Former Barbados and West Indies seamer, Ottis Gibson, was on Thursday appointed the new head coach of South Africa.
The 48-year-old Gibson has penned a two-year contract which will see him preside over the Proteas until the end of the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.
“After following a rigorous process, we are delighted to welcome Ottis...
She and Her Husband Ordered to Pay $186,000 in Fines or be Jailed
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO -- A pregnant woman who, along with her husband, stole $153,330 from her employer was described as cold-hearted by a magistrate on Monday before she ordered the couple to pay $186,000 in fines in three months, the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian has reported.
Failure to...
LEEDS, England (Aug 29, 2017) – West Indies batting hero Shai Hope said Tuesday he saw it as his duty to see the team to victory on the epic fifth and final day of the second Test against England at Headingley.
Windies started the day on five without loss chasing 322 for victory and Hope made a superb 118 not...
By Albert Baldeo
“There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”
―Michel de Montaigne
The Trump administration’s troubling efforts to expand immigration detention on the backs of taxpayers in the United States are already underway in Texas. The Geo Group, a for-profit,...
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