Surinamese opposition wins elections
Paramaribo – Suriname’s electoral authorities announced preliminary results from the May 25 elections which shows the opposition parties won. The government of Desi Bouterse was accused of obstructing efforts to…
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Guyanese fatally shot, brother injured in NYC’s first homicide of 2017
In the first homicide of the new year, a gunman killed a 31-year-old man here from Guyana for his grandmother’s funeral during an attempted robbery, his family said Monday. The…
Trinidad film to make European debut in Cannes
Trafficked, the award winning film from Trinidad and Tobago, will make its European Premiere at the 13th Festival International du Film Panafricain de Cannes later this month. Now in its…
Caribbean-Roots Actress Slams Donald Trump On Twitter
A Caribbean roots actress, model and R&B singer, who is best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’ has slammed Republican…
Caribbean Americans Pitch In For Hillary Clinton In Florida
Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton pulled off a major win in the state of Florida last night, especially in counties with significant Caribbean American population. According to AP reports, Clinton won…
Cannabis alters the brain’s ability to process emotions, study finds
A study published last week in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that cannabis significantly affects users’ ability to recognize, process and empathize with human emotions like happiness, sadness and anger.…
Jamaica authorities seize contaminated rice from Suriname
About 50 tonnes of rice sent from Suriname for the Jamaican market has been blocked from reaching supermarket shelves after the shipment was found to be contaminated with rodent faeces.…
20 Caribbean, Latin American nations named major money laundering countries
Twenty Caribbean and Latin American nations have been named by the U.S. as “major money laundering” countries in the 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) from the U.S. State…
World Bank provides $150 million to combat Zika in Latin America and Caribbean
The World Bank Group has made US$150 million immediately available to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the Zika virus. And it said in its announcement yesterday…
Sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas
A case of Zika virus infection transmitted through sexual intercourse has been discovered in Texas. Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) received confirmation from the Centres for Disease…
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