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CARICOM | Regional Heads may consider re…
CARICOM, October 28, 2020 - As efforts continue to revive the region’s economy devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that the question of a reduction in travel taxes...
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JAMAICA | Jamaica must reset and pivot s…
Wednesday, October 28, 2020: Peoples National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Tourism Senator Janice Allen wants Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett to provide details on the recently announced investments in the tourism...
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CARICOM Heads to discuss COVID-19 and EU…
CARICOM, Guyana, 28 Oct. 2020 - COVID-19 and its impact on the Caribbean Community as well as the establishment of an associater institution, the CARICOM Private Sector Organization and regional...
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GUYANA | Hughes writes to DPP asking tha…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 25, 2020 - Wiredja Online News understands that attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, formally requesting that she revokes...
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CUBA | US Sanctions cost the Cuban peopl…
HAVANA, October 23, 2020 — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has condemned what he said was a progressive tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade against his country...
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GUYANA | APNU/AFC demand PPP MP Oneidge …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 24, 2020 - Guyana’s Opposition APNU/AFC has demanded the immediate resignation of Government minister Oneidge Walrond Allicock and her removal as a PPP Member of Parliament. Waldron...
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JAMAICA | MoBay's Cornwall Courts and Ki…
KINGSTON, October 24, 2020 - The areas of Rae Town in Kingston and Cornwall Courts in St. James have been placed under special area curfew. This took effect on Friday...
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GUYANA | Hughes objects to PPP MP servin…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 24, 2020 - Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes has objected to the government’s appointment of sitting parliamentarian for the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Attorney-at-Law Sanjeev Datadin to prosecute...
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GUYANA | Court to hear Election Petition…
GUYANA, OCTOBER 22, 2020 – Despite the strategic decision by the Opposition APNU/AFC to file two separate election petitions seeking to overturn the March 2 General and Regional Elections, Chief...
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GUYANA | DPP's withdrawal of Larceny cha…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 22, 2020 - The APNU/AFC Coalition has expressed its dismay with the recent decision of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack to withdraw charges against...
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WASHINGTON | Jamaica votes Yes but 9 CAR…
WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2020 - Jamaica on Wednesday joined The Bahamas, Haiti, and St. Lucia in voting in favour of a US sponsored resolution at the Organisation of American...
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GUYANA | Toy Gun assailant attacks polic…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 21, 2020 - One day prior to the start of the case management of the much-anticipated elections petition the Guyana police are baffled as to why a...
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GUYANA | Government intensifies pressure…
GEORGETOWN, October 20, 2020 - As the hearing of the Elections Petitions case by the Guyana Supreme Court into the March 2 General Elections draws closer, the new PPP administration...
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GUYANA | Nigel and Cathy Hughes property…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 19, 2020 - Arson is suspected, at a property on Middle Street Georgetown, owned by attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes and his wife Opposition MP and former Cabinet member...
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ANTIGUA | Work Permit Freeze; Nationals …
ST. JOHNS, Antigua - October 17, 2020 - The Antigua and Barbuda Government is shoring up its political fortunes by ensuring that nationals are given first priority for work, particularly...
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JAMAICA | Despite damning WHO report, Tu…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, October 17, 2020 - Despite a damning report from the World Health Organization that the anti-viral drug remdesivir has little to no effect on Covid-19 patients' chances...
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JAMAICA | Government Targets Enhanced Economic Growth Through …
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 30, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the objective of his Administration in…
JAMAICA | PNP agrees with the delay in face to face learning w…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 23, 2020: Shadow Minister of Education and Training, Dr Ángela Brown Burke, M.P., syas she is in…
JAMAICA | Opposition wants Gov't to remove GCT from computers …
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 23, 2020: Shadow Minister of Science and Technology, Julian Robinson, M.P., is renewing a call h…
JAMAICA | PNP names Interim Shadow Cabinet
Kingston, Jamaica, September 21, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) President and Leader of the Opposition Dr Peter Ph…
GUYANA | Government intensifies pressure on GECOM Staff, Polit…
GEORGETOWN, October 20, 2020 - As the hearing of the Elections Petitions case by the Guyana Supreme Court into the March 2 Ge…
GUYANA | Nigel and Cathy Hughes property firebombed; Arson sus…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 19, 2020 - Arson is suspected, at a property on Middle Street Georgetown, owned by attorney-at-la…
GUYANA | APNU/AFC Coalition warns PPP Gov’t: Desist or face re…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 10, 2020 - A demand by the Guyana police to further question the Chair of the Opposition People’s…
ANTIGUA | Work Permit Freeze; Nationals given priority
ST. JOHNS, Antigua - October 17, 2020 - The Antigua and Barbuda Government is shoring up its political fortunes by ensuring t…
T&T | IMF warns that COVID-19 could pressure some TT Banks
WASHINGTON, DC – October 8, 2020: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says given the unpreceden…
BARBADOS | Mottley objects to EU's Blacklisting of Barbados, A…
Bridgetown, BARBADOS. October 6, 2020: Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has challenged the European Union’s de…
BARBADOS | Mottley thanks PAHO for help to Region, calls for r…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 29, 2020 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has once again enphasized that the global financi…
CARICOM | CARICOM Travel Bubble in operation
Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda, have started operating the CARICOM Travel Bubble…
UNITED STATES | President Trump Bans US Citizens From Staying…
President Donald Trump announced new sanctions against Cuba that prohibit U.S. tourists from staying in 433 hotels on the isl…
CUBA reopens its borders to international tourism
HAVANA, Cuba, September 24, 2020 - Granma - The renowned Cuban beach resorts of Jardines del Rey and Cayo Santa María, off th…
UN | Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in…
Launching his latest policy brief, on tourism, Secretary-General António Guterres, pointed out that the industry “employs one…
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 | CARICOM Flays EU for blacklisting member states
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 10, 2020 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has lashed out against the European Union, for conti…
CARICOM | Barbados' Ambassador to CARICOM wants work out a sol…
BRIDGETOWN, October 7, 2020 - Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, has proposed that a remedial process be quic…
GUYANA | Race Tension High In Guyana, Civil unrest possible
GEORGETOWN, Guyana. August 29, 2020 - All is not well in Guyana as simmering political tension over the arrest and detention …
CARICOM | CARICOM demands reparatory justice after centuries o…
Georgetown, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is today calling for reparation justice for its nations …
BARBADOS | Six More Months For Cuban Nurses In Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 6, 2020 - Despite efforts by the United States government to intimidate regional countrie…
JAMAICA| Jamaica assumes Chair of OAS Permanent Council; Marks…
WASHINGTON DC, October 2, 2020 – Jamaica this week was elevated to the Chair of the Organization of American Stat…
JAMAICA | Gleaner Editorial warns Guyana's President Irfaan Al…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, October 1, 2020 - Jamaica’s Daily Gleaner newspaper has weighed in on what has become an untenable situ…
JAMAICA | More Cuban doctors not less in the struggle against …
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica Sept. 30, 2020 - The Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association says it condemns what it said was a vile attemp…
JAMAICA | Mobile Field Hospital A Timely U.S. Gift To Help Fig…
WASHINGTON DC, September 25, 2020 – Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks has thanked the United States gove…
DIASPORA | Montegonian Michael King new head of NYPD Special V…
NEW YORK, New York, September 10, 2020 - Deputy Police Inspector Michael King, who hails from Montego Bay, Jamaica and who sp…
DIASPORA | Jamaica Diaspora Day of Prayer and Fasting: Its Ori…
BROOKLYN, NY, August 2, 2020 - Despite living thousands of miles away in lands far from Jamaica's shores, members of th…
DIASPORA | US Senate Chaplain to preach at Independence Thanks…
WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2020 - Jamaicans in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) comprising the Washington …
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…
VENEZUELA | Mercenary Operations Against Venezuela: An Evoluti…
TeleSUR, May 23, 2020 - Venezuela has recently been subject to a number of attempts of mercenary penetration in the country…
VENEZUELA | Military Foils Terrorist Infiltration from Colombi…
CARACAS, VENEZUELA, May 3, 2020 - The Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Nestor Reverol, announced on Sund…
ETHIOPIA | IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement for first review …
Washington, DC – August 21, 2020: “The Ethiopian authorities and IMF team have reached a staff-level agreement on policy…
Somali special forces rescues 33 children kept hostages by ins…
Mogadishu, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) A Somali elite unit freed 33 children in an operation against the armed group Al-Shabab in …
AFRICA | Children in Nigeria and surrounding countries, contin…
Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are continuing to endure brutal abuse at the hands of Boko Haram, and are also being deep…
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…
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was 'fairly likely' p…
Berlin (CNN) August 24, 2020 - The German government says it is "fairly likely" that Russian opposition leader Alexey Naval…
AFRICA | Mali president Ibrahim Keita resigns after military…
BAMAKO, Mali, August 19, 2020 - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned at about midnight on Tuesday and dissolv…
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month; Vi…
The United Nations says coronavirus-linked hunger is leading to the deaths of 10,000 children a month in the first year of th…
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 | Court to hear Election Petition Preliminary arguments…
GUYANA, OCTOBER 22, 2020 – Despite the strategic decision by the Opposition APNU/AFC to file two separate election petitions …
GUYANA | DPP's withdrawal of Larceny charges against Attorney …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 22, 2020 - The APNU/AFC Coalition has expressed its dismay with the recent decision of the Direct…
GUYANA | Toy Gun assailant attacks police at Chief Justice's h…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 21, 2020 - One day prior to the start of the case management of the much-anticipated elections pe…
GUYANA | Charges against GECOM Staff could be thrown out if th…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2020 - Lead Counsel for APNU/AFC Roysdale A. Forde, has cautioned that private and othe…
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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 …
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…
JAMAICA | Reggae Films in the Park, February 2020
KINGSTON, February 2020 - The softer side of Reggae was seen on Valentine’s Day at Emancipation Park, St. Andrew. “One …
JAMAICA | Holness wants action on sustainable global recovery …
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 29, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on world leaders to action a global recovery …
JAMAICA | In excess of 100 persons have died in Jamaica as a r…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 29, 2020 – As the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to battle the Coronavirus pand…
CUBA | Cuba's COVID-19 Vaccine may soon be available to PAHO -…
HAVANA, Cuba, September 27, 2020 - As the world awaits the delivery of a vaccine that will attack the COVID-19 pandemic, hund…
JAMAICA | Another COVID death pushes total to 77; 193 new cas…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 25, 2020 - The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Jamaica has increased to 77 after a 58 year …
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…
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…
Huawei and 5G: UK had little choice but say yes to Chinese – h…
The UK’s decision not to ban China’s Huawei from being a supplier for its next-generation mobile network has caused ructions…
GUYANA | Digicel slams gov’t for “dark ages” telecoms sector, …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 - A day after the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, boasted of …
GUYANA | Guyana’s second royalty payment deposited in NRF
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 1, 2020- The second payment for Guyana’s oil and gas royalties has been deposited in the Natural R…
GUYANA | Bringing gas to shore is well advanced says Energy Di…
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 - As Guyana’s oil and gas sector continues to grow and diversify, Director of the Departmen…
GUYANA | Guyana’s second million barrel of crude lifted
GEORGETOWN, May 24, 2020 - The second million-barrel of crude from the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloadin…
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, …
JAMAICA | PM Manley's Misadventures or PM Holness' political d…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 10, 2020 - A Gleaner story, written by Christopher Serju and published in the Frida…
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…
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…
WEATHER | Gonzalo expected to become first hurricane of 2020
While Tropical Storm Gonzalo takes aim at the eastern Caribbean placing them on a heightened watch, Gonzalo is expected to be…
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…
NCRIPP Lauded As An Innovative Tool For Region
BRODGETOWN, Barbados, February 18, 2020 - The National Coastal Risk Information Planning Platform (NCRIPP) has been des…
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