Veteran Guyanese women’s activist and former member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Andaiye Williams died Friday afternoon after a prolonged battle with cancer, her longtime friend Joceyln Dow confirmed. She was 77 years. Dow said Andaiye, a cancer survivor ...
Government was preparing to sell off huge swathes of land owned by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) as part of moves to sell off the several loss-making estates, even as the administration prepared to revive interest in the ‘for-sale’ assets ...
Minister of Agriculture Clarence Rambharat has advised that raw and cooked poultry meat from Guyana has been banned from entry into Trinidad and Tobago with immediate effect, Loop TT reported Friday. “As a precaution the Ministry’s Chief Veterinary Office has ...
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Friday reported a hike in scamming reports from customers in the Mobile Money Department. In light of the increasing reports of scams, the telephone company’s said Vice President of Customer Experience at ...
Friday 31st May 2019 – St. John’s, Antigua. In a bid to shield its customers in Antigua & Barbuda from significant service disruption and a negative impact on coverage, Digicel on Thursday secured a court order against the Government of ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By David McFadden Edward Seaga, a former Jamaican prime minister who shaped the island’s post-independence politics and cultural life, died Tuesday at 89. Seaga’s death was announced on Twitter by Prime Minister, Andrew Holness. Seaga, ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King Despite losing to Haitian American Farah Louis in the special election on May 14 for City Council representative for the 45th Council District in Brooklyn, Caribbean American Monique Chandler-Waterman says she ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Luis Felipe López-Calva Luis Felipe López-Calva is UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean UNITED NATIONS, May 15 2019 (IPS) – Development is a very uneven process, accompanied ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. Prospect Park Alliance and caribBEING will celebrate Caribbean-American Heritage Month in Prospect Park with a series of events starting June 1. Brooklyn’s Backyard will be home to a month of workshops, art installations and other ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Terri Schlichenmeyer “Becoming a Hair Stylist” by Kate Bolick c.2019, Simon & Schuster $18.00 / $25.00 Canada 144 pages Sometimes, you feel like you could just dye. Or curl, or cut, or braid. Some ...