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GUYANA | Darren Wade to fight Haitian de…
GEORGETOWN, December 1, 2020 – Human Rights attorney Darren Wade who represents the interest of the 26 detained Haitians who were ordered by a Magistrates Court today, says he intends...
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UNITED NATIONS | A ‘digital canyon’: 1.3…
UNITED NATIONS, New York, December 1, 2020 - A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes...
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DIASPORA | Karine Jean-Pierre appointed…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 1, 2020 - Members of the Caribbean Diaspora continue to make their mark and prove their worth within the communications media and political landscape in the...
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IMF to audit COVID-19 related expenditur…
WASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2020 - IMF Managing DirectorKristalina Georgieva says her organization is taking action to help fight corruption both during the COVID-19 crisis, and in the longer term...
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NEW YORK | David Rodigan and Barry G, F…
NEW YORK, NYC, December 1, 2020- IMAGES - Almost 25 years after their first sound clash in Brooklyn, New York, ‘Boggieman’ 'Barry G' Gordon, the one time top broadcaster at...
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GUYANA | APNU/AFC Opposition wants to he…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 1, 2020 - "The Detention of our Haitian Brothers and Sisters is Inexcusable. It is nothing short of heinous that the installed Guyana government would seek to...
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JAMAICA | Holness Tells First World Coun…
KINGSTON, Jamaica November 30, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on countries which traditionally provide aid to other countries, especially Small Island Developing States, not to cut back...
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JAMAICA | Opposition urges Gov't not to …
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 30, 2020: The Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness Dr Morais Guy has expressed alarm that the Government of Jamaica has agreed to accept over 50 deportees scheduled...
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T&T | Trinidad gets serious about To…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 30 – The twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday decided to seriously enter the Caribbean tourism market with the launch of a...
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ANTIGUA | Wearing COVID-19 tracking brac…
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, November 30, 2020 - The government of Antigua and Barbuda is moving to put legislation in place to mandate the wearing of COVID-19 bracelets by persons diagnosed...
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BRITAIN | Jamaicans who went to the UK a…
JAMAICA, November 30, 2020 - Britain’s Guardian newspaper is reporting that Jamaica's High Commissioner has worked out a deal with the British Home Office where persons who went to the...
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Cuban artists say authorities agree to t…
Over two dozen Cuban protesters have met Deputy Minister Fernando Rojas, after hundreds of people demonstrated in Havana this week in a rare showing of public dissent against curbs to...
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GUYANA | After two weeks, Haitian natio…
Georgetown, Guyana, November 29, 2020 - Demerara Waves - The President of the Association of Haitian Nationals in Guyana has moved to the Court over the ongoing detention of 26...
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NIGERIA | At least 110 civilians killed …
A “gruesome” massacre against farmers in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 110 people, the United Nations has said, raising tolls initially indicating 43 and then at least 70 dead.
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A&B | LIAT again takes to the skies …
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, November 30, 2020 – The embattled Regional airline, LIAT, is scheduled to begin its commercial operations today, Monday November 30, with flights operating to seven destinations.
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GUYANA | James Bond to be questioned aga…
GEORGETOWN, Guyanas, November 29, 2020 - Having been released Friday on GYD$200,000 station bail after 72 hours in custody, attorney-at-Law and PNCR member James Bond is scheduled to undergo another...
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JAMAICA | Holness calls out JDF Reserve troops to fight crime
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, November 28, 2020 - In response to the latest round of murders taking place in Jamaica, Prime M…
JAMAICA | Education ministry providing Microsoft Office to stu…
KINGSTON, November 25, 2020 - The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has partnered with Microsoft to provid…
JAMAICA | Holness Announces COVID-19 Measures for Christmas Pe…
KINGSTON, November 25, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced amendments to the proposed Disaster Risk Ma…
JAMAICA | Country wants effective action on crime says Fitz Ja…
Kingston, Jamaica. November 23, 2020. The PNP Shadow Minister of National Security Mr Fitz Jackson, is calling on the Ministe…
JAMAICA | Phillips hails newly elected PNP President Mark Gold…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 7, 2020: Outgoing president of the People’s National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips has congratula…
UNITED STATES | Joseph Biden Jr, President Elect of the Unite…
November 7, 2020 -Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.has been elected the 46th president of the United Statesthe winner of the Novembe…
SVG | Gonsalves' ULP Scores Historic Fifth Electoral Victory
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, November 6, 2020 - Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is being hailed as a 'five s…
GUYANA | Harmon warns of "serious resistance" if Loc…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 28, 2020 – Guyana’s Opposition APNU+AFC has pushed back against the Peoples Progressive Party adm…
ANTIGUA | LIAT begins limited flights on November 30
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, November 25, 2020 – The embattled Regional airline, LIAT, will begin its commercial schedule on November …
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA wants to become a digital currency hub
Antigua & Barbuda wants to become a global digital currency hub. This is the word from Prime Minister Gaston Browne as he…
CAYMAN | Global Citizen tourism scheme moving forward, applica…
MONTEGO BAY, November 12, 2020 - As regional countries that depend on tourism for well needed foreign exchange explore altern…
ST. LUCIA | Citizenship By Investment Programme
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, November 11, 2020 - While it awaits a resurgence of its tourism industry, the government of St. Lu…
JAMAICA | JetBlue Begins Non-Stop Flights Into Montego Bay Fro…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, November 23, 2020 - JetBlue Airlines, one of the island’s longstanding airline partners, on Saturday …
CUBA | Havana, Cuba's most visited tourist city, turns 501
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Havana, the capital of Cuba, on Monday celebrated its 501st anniversary of its fou…
Jamaica | Communication Drive to Accompany Jamaica Cares Trave…
KINGSTON, November 11, 2020 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says that a “very strong” communication programme wil…
JAMAICA | Tourism Minister says: Tourism Minister tells Stakeh…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 11, 2020 - Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that while Jamaica prepares for a re…
JAMAICA | Basil Waite laments the impending closure of Appleto…
St Elizabeth, Jamaica, July 21, 2020: People’s National Party’s parliamentary candidate for North East St. Elizabeth, M…
JAMAICA | JC Hutchinson Apologises for "my errors of jud…
KINGSTON, July 17, 2020 – “I wish to apologise to the prime minister, my party, my cabinet colleagues, and most importantly t…
JAMAICA | Embattled JC Hutchinson removed from Agriculture, Re…
KINGSTON, Jamaica July 17, 2020- Prime Minister Andrew Holness has relieved Minister JC Hutchinson from the responsibilities …
JAMAICA | PNP wants JC Hutchinson to resign, points to connect…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA. JULY 15, 2020: The People's National Party (PNP) says information now in the public domain relating t…
CARICOM’s Economic Recovery and Transformation – need for seri…
G20 Summit Declaration: We remain determined to support all developing and least developed countries as they face the intertw…
CARICOM | CDF, CCREEE To Jointly Support Development, Financi…
GEORGETOWN, November 27, 2020 - The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy E…
CARICOM SG congratulates re-elected Vincentian Prime Minister
GEORGETOWN, November 17, 2020 - CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated St. Vincent and the Gre…
BELIZE | CARICOM SG congratulates new Belize Prime Minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - November 17, 2020 - CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRoque has congratulated newly ele…
GUYANA | Opposition cries victimization, demands release of Co…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 21, 2020 - Guyana's main opposition APNU/AFC coalition, has 'vehemently condemned' the pol…
GUYANA | UWI to train 20,000 Guyanese over four years, opposit…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov. 20, 2020 - The Government of Guyana is in discussions with the University of the West Indies (UWI) t…
GUYANA | Govt stands firm on removal of Permanent Secretary
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov. 21, 2020 – The Jagdeo/Irfaan Ali administration is standing firm on its decision to remove Per…
GUYANA | Minister "orders” arrest of former NICIL CEO Co…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 20, 2020 – The Jagdeo/Irfaan Ali administration today continued what many persons have character…
DIASPORA | Activists, Black celebrities call on UK to halt dep…
LONDON, United Kingdom, November 28, 2020 – The UK government is under increasing pressure to halt a planned deportation…
JAMAICA | Diaspora Health Professionals mark 25 years of volun…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, November 25, 2020 - Over the past 25 years, thousands of patients attending the Cornwall Regional…
UNITED STATES | Trump Deported Over 7,100 Caribbean Immigrants
WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Nov. 20, 2020: News Americas, Some 7,192 Caribbean immigrants were deported by the Donald Trump admini…
DIASPORA | “Taste the Islands Philly” Promotes Caribbean Resta…
WASHINGTON, DC October 6, 2020 - Jamaica's Honorary Consulate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has launched a "Taste the Island…
GUYANA | US welcomes Guyana’s support for democracy in Venezue…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 16, 2020 - The United States (US) on Saturday welcomed Guyana’s decision to join several oth…
CUBA | USA suspends private charter flights to Cuba
Washington, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday the suspension of private char…
World Bank Predicts Unprecedented Recession in Latin America
The region's economic activity is projected to contract by 7.2 percent, much more steeply than during the global financial …
The U.K. Denies Venezuela Access to Gold for Food and Medicine…
The United Kingdom's High Court Thursday decided that opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido can access 31 tons of Venezuelan g…
ETHIOPIA | Rockets hit Eritrea capital after Ethiopia declares…
Rockets launched from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region again hit the capital of Eritrea, diplomats said on Sunday, as the US…
ETHIOPIA | Army takes ‘full control’ of Tigray capital, Abiy s…
ADIS ABABBA, Ethiopia, November 28, 2020 - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced the ending of military operatio…
AFRICA'S oldest surviving party – the ANC – has an Achilles he…
Democracies are precarious endeavours, as events around the world are showing. In most, political parties hold sway over whet…
CANADA aims to bring in over 1.2 million immigrants over 3 yea…
Canada plans to bring in more than 1.2 million new immigrants over the next three years, the federal immigration minister sai…
Trump Refuses To Commit To Peaceful Power Transfer If He Loses
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose this year's pr…
UNITED STATES | Trump ready "to undermine American democr…
WASHINGTON, DC September 24, 2020 - The Independent Senator from the State of Vermont, Bernie Sanders, on Thursday warned tha…
PALESTINE | France Endorses an Autonomous State Solution for …
France's Foreign Affairs Ministry called for an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through a two-state solution and…
COVID-19 to plunge global economy into worst recession since W…
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2020 — The swift and massive shock of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain it have p…
NEW YORK | UN Seeks Financing Solutions to COVID-19 Meltdown
NEW YORK, 28 May 2020 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau …
UNITED NATIONS | Guterres wants agreement over Ethiopian Nile …
NEW YORK, NY, May 19, 2020 - Through his spokesperson, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted on Tuesday tha…
IMF Executive Board approves Immediate Debt Relief for 25 coun…
Washington, DC – April 13, 2020 The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina Georgieva…
GUYANA | Nigel Hughes sets the record straight about disposal …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana November 28, 2020 – Attorney-at-law for Colvin Heath-London who was charged by the government in relation …
GUYANA | High Court rules: Ashni Singh, Winston Brassington mu…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 27, 2020 - Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire more than one week ago ruled that the Mag…
ANTIGUA | Former minister Michael Browne on bail after being a…
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, November 26, 20230 - Former Education Minister in the Gaston Browne administration, Michael Browne is on …
GUYANA | Attorney James Bond arrested over land deals; police …
GEORGETOWN, November 24, 2020 - The Jagdeo/Ali administration today continued its apparently ongoing programme to persecute a…
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Chris Gayle Points to Political Spite in departure from Tallaw…
OPPOSITION Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has seemingly followed through on a threat made to Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle to put him…
World Athletics welcomes Postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympics
World Athletics welcomesthe decision of the IOC and the Japanese Government to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021…
Wanda Diamond League announces changes to its 2020 season
The Wanda Diamond League today announces changes to its 2020 season timetable in response to the growing global crisis arou…
Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas Set Triple Jump World Record: 15.43 …
Venezuela’s 24-year-old athlete Yulimar Rojas Friday set a new triple jump indoor world record in Madrid, Spain, with a …
JAMAICA | Fredrick "Toots" Hibbert dead at the age o…
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 12, 2020 - One of Jamaica’s foremost musical ambassadors, Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, of the pione…
T&T | TT Creative Industries get $25m help to fight COVID-…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 7, 2020 - Artistes and "creatives" in the twin island state of Trinidad …
JAMAICA | Singer, Songwriter Bob Andy is Dead at 75
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 27, 2020 - The People's National Party (PNP) has expressed condolence at the passing of acclaimed Jam…
JAMAICA | Happy Birthday Bob Marley
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 2020 - February is Reggae Month. The month of February is also the King of Reggae, Bob Marley's B…
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper, doesn’t require superco…
The biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has released data on what is now the third promising vaccine candidate against COVI…
COVID-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective
The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 …
PAHO Says Two Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Dist…
WASHINGTON, November 22, 2020 - Assistant Director for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa…
JAMAICA | Stiffer Penalties Coming for Breaches of COVID-19 Re…
KINGSTON, Jamaica November 22, 2020 - Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that stiffer penalties ar…
Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosqui…
Long-lasting insecticide treated nets and indoor spraying are the main malaria vector control interventions recommended by …
The hidden data in your fingerprints
Fingerprints have provided key evidence in countless cases of serious crime. But there are still some situations in which i…
Ancient Shark is Said to Be World's Oldest Living Vertebrate
London, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) A shark believed to be the oldest living vertebrate has been discovered, and it could be older…
Kenya Will Deploy into Space First Satellite in May
Nairobi, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) Kenya will deploy its first satellite into space in May to watch agricultural trends, The Star…
JAMAICA | Jamaica must transform approach to technology to com…
KINGSTON, July 27, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica must fundamentally transform its approach to tec…
JAMAICA | PNP wants gov't to remove taxes on tablets, computer…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June 24, 2020: Shadow Minister of Technology, Mr. Julian Robinson, M.P., is calling on the Andrew Holness …
CARICOM | Short-Term Digital Transformation Plan to be Ready b…
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – June 30, 2020 - A short-term plan t…
COVID-19 | Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a …
THE WIRE - In 2011, two scientists at Cambridge University in the UK devised a clever way to measure and model the spread o…
GUYANA a low-cost oil supplier, as world still needs almost 50…
Hess Corporation, one of the co-venturers in the Stabroek Block, is keeping its eyes on Guyana as a low-cost supplier of oil…
GUYANA | ExxonMobil makes 18th oil discovery offshore Guyana
GEORGETOWN, SEPT. 9, 2020 - ExxonMobil has made its 18th discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 well which will add to th…
GUYANA | Gov't places “hold” on bidding process for crude lift…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 14, 2020 - Guyana has put a “hold” on the international bidding process for oil companies to lift …
JAMAICA | Michael Manley, International political gladiator
There is a popular expression that says “pressure bus pipe.” Prime Minister Andrew Holness, as is reported in The Glean…
JAMAICA | Andrew Holness, leave Michael Manley alone!
With the greatest of respect, I am firmly of the view that Prime Minister Andrew Holness “fly pass him nest” a few days…
GUYANA | Burke seeks Nancy Pelosi's Intervention into Pompeo's…
MONTEGO BAY, July 16, 2020 - President of the Caribbean Institute for Democracy in Brooklyn, New York, Rickford Burke, …
CUBA | Cuba's historical and cultural legacy highlighted in Ja…
Kingston, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's historical and cultural legacy was brought to life in Jamaica today with the particip…
CAYMAN ISLANDS | Governor releases UK instructions on Domestic…
CAYMAN ISLANDS, August 16, 2020 - UK Overseas Territories Minister Baroness Elizabeth Sugg has instructed Governor Martyn Rop…
COVID-19 disruption could be a chance to lay a firmer school m…
In South Africa, when Grade 9 learners return to school after the COVID-19 closures, they will have a maximum of 76 teachin…
WEATHER | Tropical storm warning issued for sections of the Ca…
MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Forecasters have issued a tropical storm warning for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean as of…
A Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch remain in effect …
The Barbados Meteorological Service(BMS) in its 8 a.m. update said a Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch remain i…
WEATHER | Gonzalo weakening in intensity, Storm warning discon…
Tropical Storm warnings have been discontinued for Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines. It appears that Saharan dust i…
Cuba’s clean rivers show the benefits of reducing nutrient pol…
For most of the past 60 years, the United States and Cuba have had very limited diplomatic ties. President Barack Obama start…
JAMAICA | NEPA Encourages Beach Operators to get licenced
KINGSTON, March 28, 2020- The National Environmental and Planning Agency, NEPA, has embarked on a programme aimed at encourag…
JAMAICA | NEPA appealing for help to catch crocodile killers
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 2, 2020 - The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is aware of a series of videos a…
JAMAICA | Gov’t Taking Disaster Resilience Seriously – Holness
MONTEGO BAY, February 28, 2020- Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says the Government is taking seriously its responsibili…
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