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Caricom Heads of Government meets July 2nd in Guyana. What is on the Agenda?
July 2nd 2009, Caricom Heads of Government will meet in Guyana for their 30th annual meeting to discuss pertinent issues facing Caricom nations.
In light of the recent action by the Barbadian government towards illegal immigrants living in Barbados, [...]
Guyanese caught with Cocaine again at JFK airport
Last week a Guyanese man was caught at JFK trying to smuggle cocaine into New York disguised in baking soda. Jacob Phillips arrived at the John F Kennedy Airport on June 24 aboard a Delta flight and was selected for a customs examination after [...]
Democracy in Africa by Dhanpaul Narine
Who killed African democracy? According to Professor Ali Mazrui, it is the angry spirits of the ancestors. He laments that the curse could very well be all-embracing. The fusion of cosmology and political realism led the ancestors to issue their [...]
Kids First Fund Guyana based NGO is bankrupt-government of Guyana will pick up tab
The Guyana government will pay the outstanding medical bills for the ten children that was flown to India for heart surgeries by Kids First Fund, a Guyana Based NGO headed by former first lady of Guyana, Varshnie Singh.
Health Minister of Guyana, [...]
Billy Mays Dead At 50
Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50.
Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m.
There [...]
Domestic violence epidemic shaking the family foundation
I have been reading the newspaper daily about domestic violence in our country that I found to be very disturbing. To know how many of our mothers, sisters and daughters are losing their lives at the hands of their husbands and living-in boy [...]
More and more cocaine found at Cheddi Jagan airport in Guyana
Today 6/26/2009, Officials located over two kilos of Cocaine at Cheddi Jagan International Airport that was postmarked for Canada. The substance was found on routine scan by airport officials. The sender name on the package was a woman and [...]
Breaking News: Michael Jackson American Pop-star dies.
American icon entertainer Michael Jackson died on Thursday June 25th 2009 after suffering cardiac arrest according to Los Angeles Times and the Associated press. Jackson was rushed to the hospital after a 911 call was made from his home. Jackson [...]
Freedom to travel in the Caribbean?
Two days ago 6/23/2009, I came across an article written by Prime Minister Stephenson King in which king advocated for CARICOM leaders to step up and take urgent action to facilitate the free movement of people living in the Caribbean. He noted [...]
Cocaine and Guyana
US 2009 International Narcotics Report on Guyana below the article.
Last week I wrote an article titled
