See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne Thousands of Barbadians, especially secondary school-leavers have been given the green light to pursue tertiary education without worry of college fees, and the burden of school loans on their backs. That is ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King As Jamaica’s premier summer reggae festival, Reggae Sumfest, culminated in the island’s tourist capital, Montego Bay, the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) said its booth provided “the perfect vantage point to observe ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Tangerine Clarke Tall, beauty Marsh Thompson, who will be attending university this fall on a full scholarship, sashed her way into the hearts of the judges on June 22, to become Miss CARICOM 2018 ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Canadian government said last Thursday that Trudeau stressed that commitment in a telephone conversation the day before with newly-elected Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley. In June, at the G7 Leaders’ ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon It’s round two for Queens’ sole Caribbean carnival Far Rockaway’s first and only carnival is returning for its second year on Aug. 18. The “Caribbean Carnival in the Rockaways” comes back next ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has released its position on marijuana reform, saying that an overwhelming majority of the 48-member caucus has voted in support of decriminalizing the herb. “Some of ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon Comedian Tanael Joachim is hosting a one-hour comedy show at the Gotham Comedy Club on Aug. 1. In his new stand-up, the Haitian-born jokester is going to approach many subjects, from race, ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali West Indies has moved up a notch from ninth to the eight spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings after crushing Bangladesh in the recently first Test in Antigua. They ...
The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), is currently hosting a Post Market Surveillance and Pharmacovigilance Workshop in Guyana, to improve monitoring of medicines for safety and quality in CARICOM states. ...
The son of Guyana’s Junior Minister of Natural Resources and his female partner are to be charged with assault. Hector Broomes is to be charged with one count of assault causing actual bodily harm. He is the son of Minister ...