The National Assembly Wednesday night unanimously approved GY$2.451 billion to pay remaining severance to 4,723 sugar workers who have been laid off with the closure of several estates across the country. The results of a division (count) showed that 62 ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon A new romantic comedy film about a Brooklyn woman exploring celibacy is going to screen in Greenpoint on Nov. 14. Filmmaker Crystal Roman’s film, “Cecilia the Celibate,” follows a late twenties Afro-Puerto ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Terri Schlichenmeyer “My Love Story” by Tina Turner (with Deborah Davis and Dominik Wichmann) c.2018, Atria Books $28.00 / $34.99 Canada 260 pages Just wait. Two words that are impossible to hear, especially if ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Tangerine Clarke The title, Barbados Ambassador did not come easily, it had to be earned. This is why Creig Greenidge, the 2016 Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Rum & Rhythm Chef of the Year, is ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali West Indies Test and ODI captain Jason Holder is now ranked 9th in the ICC Test Bowling rankings and third in the ICC Test All-rounder rankings following an impressive year with both ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali The Jamaica government is moving to refurbish the island’s sporting facilities with the aim of attracting major international sports events. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness said Jamaica has in the pass missed out ...
The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration spent almost GY$100 million on medical and dental expenses from 2012 to 2014, but Health Minister Volda Lawrence could not immediately say how much her ministry was paying in 50 percent insurance premiums ...
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Wednesday hinted that government workers would receive salary increases when in 2020 when Guyana begins producing oil estimated to rake in about US$300 million in that year. “I foresee improvements in the social and economic ...
Velda Addison Senior Editor, Digital News Group Hart Energy Wednesday, October 31, 2018 – 12:28pm Partners Exxon Mobil, Hess Corp. and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum are making progress toward development of the hydrocarbon bounty discovered offshore Guyana. “This month a second exploration ...
Police in Grenada have confirmed that a Guyanese man died aboard the MV Ocean Trader – a Guyanese registered ship- that was docked in Grenada last weekend. Dead is 41-year old Permanand “Short Man” Permaul. The vessel departed that Caribbean ...