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Transportation allowance for senior citizens in Guyana to begin next week
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (79+ words) GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 3, CMC " Guyana's senior citizens' transportation allowance of GUY$20, 000 will be rolled out next Wednesday, July 8. This is according to the Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud. The GUY$20, 000 allowance, which was introduced in…...
Imani Tafari-Ama | The State cannot continue to "Serve and Protect" through fear
3+ week, 4+ day ago (789+ words) The public killing of Latoya Bulgin in Granville, St James, was a chilling reflection of the deep contradictions embedded within Jamaica's policing culture and its enduring crisis of state accountability. The irony is impossible to ignore. On a day globally…...
Hulu's "Handmaid's Tale' spinoff "The Testaments' is about girlhood in Gilead
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (653+ words) Throughout the six-season run of The Handmaid's Tale, dread hung over the series like a perpetual rain cloud. It made sense because the US had turned into a totalitarian society called Gilead, where women were stripped of their rights. In…...
Park for seniors on King's House lands gets thumbs up
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (467+ words) Plans to establish a new park on sections of land at King's House for senior citizens are being hailed as a move in the right direction by stakeholders and at least one Corporate Area member of parliament. Prime Minister Dr…...
Jamaica now under tropical storm warning and hurricane watch
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (352+ words) The tropical storm watch which was in effect for Jamaica has been upgraded to a tropical storm warning, while a hurricane watch is now in effect as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the Caribbean Sea south-southwest of Hispaniola. This…...