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T&T GOVERNMENT TO SPEND $83MIL FOR STUDENT LAPTOPS

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD (GNC) – Global News reports that the Trinidad and Tobago government will spend TT$83 million (US$13 million) on 20,400 laptop computers for Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) students.
The laptops are expected to arrive in mid September, Education Minister Tim Gopeesingh said during a news briefing on Wednesday.
Gopeesingh said, “I am pleased to [...]

JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUY GARVEY’S HOME

KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Global News reports the Jamaican government is seeking permission to buy what it believes is the childhood home of national hero Marcus Garvey.
A committee is trying to determine whether the structure is the original home of the international civil rights leader who died in 1940.
If confirmed as such, officials hope to restore [...]

OFFICIAL FUNERAL FOR ST. LUCIA’S QUEEN OF CULTURE

MICOUD, ST LUCIA – St Lucia is saddened at news of the passing of Saint Lucian’s Queen of Culture, Dame Marie Selipha Descartes at the age of 96.
Dame Marie Selipha “Sesenne” Descartes has touched the hearts of St Lucians for many decades through her irresistible folk music and numerous songs. She was gifted with one [...]

T&T READIES FOR INDEPENDENCE PARADE / POLICE TO BOYCOTT

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – T&T’s Newsday reports that this year’s Independence Day celebrations, which will cost an estimated $3 million, will go back to featuring a march past at the historic Queen’s Park Savannah.
“This is to inform the general public to come out early on Independence morning and see your troops march past and [...]

HAITI: ELECTORAL PANEL DELAYS ELIGIBILITY DECISION

Haitians wait to register to vote for the Presidential election
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (MCT) – The Miami Herald reports Haitians woke up Wednesday to the news that the country’s eight-sitting members of the Provisional Electoral Council, or CEP, would delay a decision until Friday on the eligibility issue.
The council said it made the decision because of the considerable [...]

GOVERNMENT WORKERS STRIKING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburgh, South Africa (CNN) — Public sector workers embarked on a countrywide strike in South Africa on Wednesday.
Nomusa Cembi, of the South African Democratic Teachers Union — an affiliate of Congress of South African Trade Unions — said hospital workers, education employees and civil servants demand better compensation and benefits from their government.
“We are trying [...]

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    MONTSERRAT: 2ND ANNUAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

    BRADES, MONTSERRAT – CaribbeanNewsNow reports literary enthusiasts will come to Montserrat for the second annual literary festival, the Alliouagana Festival of the Word.
    With the theme Discovering New Worlds Through Words, the three-day event will bring together acclaimed writers and readers from the Caribbean, North America, United Kingdom and Australia.
    Confirmed speakers include award-winning poet and author [...]

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    NYC: SHORTER LABOR DAY CARNIVAL — NO GOOD

    Sixteen-year-old Brooklyn resident Khalila Blake has participated in the West Indian-American Day Carnival since she was 3 years old. Her parents were born in Trinidad and her aunt, Charmaine Gumbs, owns Sugarcane Restaurant on Flatbush Avenue, serving Caribbean cuisine. Blake wrote this article while participating in a College Now Journalism class at Baruch [...]

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