See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Gerry Hopkin, JD In order to send any amount of money from New York City to Grenada via Western Union, the transfer fee is more than double what it costs to send the same ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Jumaane D. Williams Just over five years ago, on Bay Street in Staten Island, New York City police officers confronted Eric Garner on suspicion of selling unlicensed cigarettes. As the situation escalated, Officer Daniel ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King After producing “Rebirth” last Labor Day, D’Midas International New York. Inc., is emerging “Out of Africa” for this year’s West Indian American Day Carnival Parade. “(In) last year’s presentation, we honored ...
The Georgetown City Council on Tuesday said it planned to move in on a John Fernandes Limited (JFL) site at Houston Gardens, East Bank Demerara, to enforce a “cease order on the construction of a petrochemical bond by an American ...
The Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) will be piloted in 11 schools starting September 2019 to provide secondary school students with validation of skills, the Ministry of Education said Monday. The Ministry of Education is collaborating with the Caribbean Examination Council ...
Ten students from junior secondary schools in Georgetown began a ground-breaking paid five-week internship with the four leading private sector ICT enterprises in Guyana, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MOPT) said Monday. These enterprises have been working in partnership with ...
The Guyana Maritime Association (MARAD) is benefiting from the expertise of the United States Coast Guard (USG) for a capacity building workshop on Port Safety Management. The first such training exercise in Guyana – a three-day seminar – opened Monday ...
Newly-appointed Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Monday vowed to make decisions based on Guyana’s laws and the constitution, while signaling that she would not tolerate any walkouts from meetings of the seven-member commission. ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King Two Brooklyn lawmakers are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill renaming two subway stations in Central Brooklyn in honor of Medgar Evers College. The measure has passed both houses ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Tuesday launched a new taskforce that will focus on the upcoming 2020 Census and the legacy of under counting the African American community. CBC said ...