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Allen Chastanet sworn in as new St Lucia PM

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An emotional Allen Michael Chastanet was sworn in Tuesday as the sixth Prime Minister of St Lucia since the...

Muhammad Ali planned his own funeral – spokesman

(CNN) Muhammad Ali began crafting details of his own funeral years ago, insisting on an open and inclusive service, a family spokesman said Tuesday. "This...

The Chinese lawyer who had his clothes ripped off in court

(BBC) What a difference an image makes. Plenty of Chinese lawyers have been harassed, detained, even jailed in China but the photograph of one with...

Russell signs on for Nottinghamshire

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC - West Indies globe-trotting T20 superstar Andre Russell will play four matches for Nottinghamshire in England’s T20 blast currently underway. Officials of...

Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh

(CNN) A 70-year-old Hindu priest was hacked to death Tuesday morning in southwestern Bangladesh, police say. The priest, Ananda Gopal Ganguly, was on his way to...

Jesus’s tomb in Jerusalem undergoes restoration work

(BBC) - A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried in the first such...

Hillary Clinton ‘wins Democratic nomination’

(BBC) - Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, according to AP. The news...

No charges for boy’s mother over gorilla death

(BBC) The mother of a three-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo in the US will not face charges, prosecutors...

‘Young, rash, impulsive’

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un 'lacks experience', says South Korea's Defense Minister Singapore (CNN):   "Young, rash, impulsive".  That was the  frank assessment of North...

Thousands flee LA fire

(CNN) - Water-dropping helicopters and hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze in Los Angeles County that has forced the evacuations of thousands of...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...