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JAMAICA | CMU Board Chair Resigns; Bunti…
KINGSTON, January 20, 2020 - Chairman of the council of the embattled Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Hyacinth Bennett has tendered her resignation in the face of repeated calls for the...
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DIASPORA | Scholarship Fund Praised for…
WASHINGTON DC, January 20, 2020 - The David Wagga Hunt Scholarship Foundation has been recognized by the Jamaica’s Ambassador in Washington Her Excellency Audrey Marks, for its consistent contribution to...
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Pompeo's Kingston visit aimed at saving …
Washington, DC, January 20, 2020 - The visit of Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo to Jamaica next Tuesday is cause for concern not only for Jamaicans but also...
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CARICOM Chair Concerned over Pompeo's Ja…
KINGSTON, January 20, 2020 - CARICOM Chairman and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says she will not be sending her foreign minister to meet with US Secretary of State Mike...
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JAMAICA | More Traditional Ganja Growers…
KINGSTON, JANUARY 18, 2020 - Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, says emphasis will be placed on increasing the number of community...
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JAMAICA | Tourist Industry Earns US$500 …
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 17, 2020- Tourism Minister Edmond Bartlett, says preliminary report from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is showing that in 2019, the sector earned between US$3.7 billion and...
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JAMAICA | E-Passports Soon to be Introdu…
KINGSTON, January 18, 2020 - Jamaicans are on the cusp of receiving electronic passports (e-passports), as part of the transformation process taking place at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency...
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GUYANA | EU, UK, US call for “mature ele…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 18, 2020 - The European Union (EU) , United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) on Saturday said after a “smooth and efficient” Nominations Day on...
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Guyana exports first million barrels of …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 18, 2020 - The first one million barrels of crude oil produced in Guyana is about to leave aboard a tanker for an ExxonMobil refinery where impurities...
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Trinidad | Shootings and Murders in TT d…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, January 17, 2020- National Security Minister Stuart Young has suggested that the recent upsurge in random shootings and homicides in Trinidad is the result of a...
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JAMAICA | Pearnel Charles Relents, Audi…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 17, 2020 - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles Sr, says he intends to table the Auditor General's report concerning the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)...
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Jamaican Embassy in Washington to be Hon…
WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2019 - The Embassy of Jamaica will be honoured at this year’s David “Wagga” Hunt Scholarship Ball, set to take place in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, January...
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JAMAICA | Golding laments Foreign Exchan…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: Jamaica’s foreign exchange market continues to be plagued by the triple woes of a chronically volatile exchange rate, acute shortage of supply of foreign exchange...
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JAMAICA | Opposition urges Gov't to Tabl…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says failure of the Speaker of the House of Representative’s to table the Auditor General’s Special Report on the Caribbean...
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JAMAICA | PNP Youth arm to help Domestic…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: The People’s National Party Youth Organisation has announced that it is leading the coordination of a project to provide legal services to assist victims of...
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JAMAICA | PNP Tells Gov't: Fix Issues Af…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 15, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says the government needs to take immediate steps to resolve the issues affecting the smooth operations and legislative mandate of...
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JAMAICA | Pearnel Charles Relents, Audit to be Tabled on Tues…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 17, 2020 - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles Sr, says he intends to t…
JAMAICA | Opposition urges Gov't to Table Auditor General's Re…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says failure of the Speaker of the House of Repr…
JAMAICA | PNP Youth arm to help Domestic Abuse Victims
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: The People’s National Party Youth Organisation has announced that it is leading the coor…
JAMAICA | PNP Tells Gov't: Fix Issues Affecting Integrity Com…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 15, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says the government needs to take immediate steps to r…
GUYANA | Political Parties nominate for March 2 General and R…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 10, 2020 - Guyana's political parties, including its two largest political organisations — …
GUYANA | Granger announces Ramjattan as his Prime Minister run…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 9, 2020 - President David Granger has announced that AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan will be his Pri…
GUYANA | PPP's Irfaan Ali vows to send Granger into retirement
GEORGETOWN, January 6, 2020- Presidential Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Irfaan Ali says he intends…
GUYANA | "Guyanese will never be poor again" declare…
GEORGETOWN, January 5, 2020 - Guyana's governing coalition, A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+…
GUYANA | “It’s official! Guyana now oil producing state”
Guyana, Friday, December 20, 2019 - Guyana is set to become an oil producing nation sooner that was expected and Head of Stat…
BARBADOS | Barbados Passes Latest IMF Test
BRIDGETOWN, December 17, 2019 - Barbados has passed its latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) test with flying colours, in…
BARBADOS | Deeper Regional Integration will increase B'dos gro…
WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2019 - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second rev…
GUYANA | Bank of Guyana now responsible for sovereign wealth f…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 12, 2019 - Guyana’s central bank, the Bank of Guyana, on Wednesday formally took over resp…
JAMAICA | Bartlett Welcomes Increasing Levels of Foreign Direc…
MONTEGO BAY, October 21, 2019 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says there is no cause for concern by Jamaicans…
UK | Thomas Cook Declares Bankruptcy, Thousands Stranded
LONDON,September 23, 2019 - Some 150,000 British citizens have been left stranded overseas, while another 350,000 foreign nat…
JAMAICA reports an increase in visitor arrivals from Russia
MONTEGO BAY, September 14, 2019 - The Ministry of Tourism is reporting an increase in arrivals from Russia. Senior Advi…
JAMAICA | Tourism Industry Continues to Record Growth
KINGSTON, September 10, 2019 - Jamaica's tourism industry continues to record unprecedented growth, with a 9.1 per cent…
JAMAICA | No Apology PNP tells Shaw! Await Auditor General's P…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 7, 2019: People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliam…
JAMAICA | Virtudes Hemp Farm breaks ground in Westmoreland
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica November 22, 2019 – Despite banking challenges that hamper the smooth development and operation of the …
JAMAICA | RADA Probe - PNP says the facts will speak for thems…
Kingston, Jamaica, November 22, 2019: Against the background of credibility challenges and vehement denials by the Chairman o…
JAMAICA | Farmers To Benefit From Tourism Boom
MONTEGO BAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, is encouraging…
CARICOM Marks 47th Anniversary of Relations with Cuba
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 9, 2019 - Sunday the eighth of December marked the 47th anniversary of the historic establ…
CARICOM | PM Mia Mottley Accepts CARICOM Office Space In Nairo…
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 7, 2019 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today accepted, on behalf of her regional colleagues, spac…
CARICOM | Single Domestic Space In Telecommunications Vital sa…
ST MICHAELS, Barbados, November 9, 2019 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes a single domestic space in telecommu…
CARICOM Institutions Need To Give More Info About Roles
BRIDGETOWN, November 4, 2019 - If the CSME is to achieve socio-economic development, then more institutions in the regi…
Cubans commemorate 61st anniversary of Caravan of Liberty
Havana, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Havana residents today commemorate the 61st anniversary of the triumphant entrance to the capit…
CAYMAN | Cayman's oldest male, J'can Wellesley Howell turns 10…
CAYMAN Islands, January 8, 2020 - The Cayman Compass newspaper is reporting that Cayman’s oldest man, saxophonist Wellesley H…
SVG Signs MOU to improve information sharing in Customs Law En…
ST. VINCENT,m December 12, 2019 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the latest Caribbean country to sign a Memorandum o…
CARIBBEAN | PM Dr. Ralph Gonsalves wants Luis Almagro out of t…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has launched a campaign to ensure that secretary general of …
JAMAICA | Christmas message from H.E. Audrey Marks to Jamaican…
WASHINGTON DC, December 21, 2019 - Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has called on Jamai…
DIASPORA | Philly Educator Dr. Karren Dunkley is Ja Global Dia…
NEW YORK, NY, December 17, 2019 - Educator Dr. Karren Dunkley has emerged the winner in the elections to represent the North …
Jamaican Elected Treasurer of Consular Corps Association in Ph…
WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2019 - Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Philadelphia, Christopher Chaplin, has been elected Treasure…
ANTIGUA | Shepherd supports Antigua's call for Reparations fro…
The Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at The University of the West Indies (UWI) says it stands in solidarity with Antigua…
Latin America | Mexico Accuses Bolivia of Intimidating Its Dip…
Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said Monday that it was “deeply concerned” about “excessive” surveillance of the …
BOLIVIA | Evo Morales Vows to Return to Bolivia After Right-Wi…
The democratically elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales has congratulated the Movement for Socialism…
BRAZIL | Court Frees Lula, Dilma, of Illicit Financing charges
A federal judge has acquitted former presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff of the charge of …
BOLIVIA | Democratic Lawmakers Criticize US Stance Towards Bo…
U.S. actions "could well contribute to a further breakdown in the rule of law in Bolivia and a full-blown humanitarian e…
Thousands Mourn Iranian General as Quds Force Unfurls Red Flag
With shouts of “Death to America,” tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq Saturday to mourn Iranian military commander Q…
With the US and Iran on the brink of war, the dangers of Trump…
President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran is in deep crisis. The president’s approach has the support neither of America’s …
CHAD | War criminal's victims cry foul over 'release campaign'
Victims of Chad's former leader Hissène Habré have expressed concern with what they describe as an ongoing campaign for his r…
Israeli settlements remain ‘flagrant violation’ of internation…
UNITED NATIONS, November 20, 2019 - Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flag…
Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets: sou…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exc…
EU leaders choose France’s Lagarde for ECB after marathon summ…
BRUSSELS/STRASBOURG – European Union leaders agreed on Tuesday to name France’s Christine Lagarde as the new head of the Euro…
UNITED STATES | IMF's Lagarde says trade war remains greatest …
WASHINGTON DC, June 29, 2019 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, says the gl…
UNITED STATES | IMF Chief wants G20 countries to eleminate exi…
WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2019 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, has called …
US court rules against unwarranted search of international tra…
BOSTON, United States (AP) — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless US government searches of the phones and …
JAMAICA | Attorney warns employers against including certain t…
KINGSTON, Octoberr 28, 2019 - Attorney-at-Law John Junor is sending a warning to employers about the dangers of includi…
JAMAICA | Opposition wants Gov't to honour decisions of the Co…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 24, 2019: Opposition Shadow Minister of Justice, Senator Donna Scott-Mottley is calling on the aut…
JAMAICA | Attorney seeks judicial review in Reid, Pinnock corr…
KINGSTON, October 23, 2019 - Hugh Wildman, the attorney representing former Education Minister, Ruel Reid, and President of t…
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DOHA, Katar, September 29, 2019 - Sporting rainbow-coloured hair, two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce found a p…
IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, day two
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands took everything the top Kenyans and Ethiopians could throw at her and withstood it all to win…
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English Heritage, which manages more than 400 historic and cultural sites in London, has dedicated a blue plaque honouring Bo…
JAMAICA | Miss Lou Iconic Symbol of Cultural Regeneration – PM…
KINGSTON, September 9, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has paid tribute to the Honourable Louise Bennett Coverley, OM, O…
Toni Morrison: American literary giant made it her life’s work…
The peerless novelist and cultural commentator Toni Morrison, who has died aged 88, never accepted the received wisdom about …
JAMAICA | Jamaica’s Film Industry Scores Big in 2018/19
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 27, 2019 - Jamaica’s Film Commissioner, Renee Robinson, is reporting major success in the Commission’…
Cornwall Regional Hospital in Procurement Quagmire, Completion…
Chairman of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) Independent Oversight Committee, Professor Archibald McDonald, says renovati…
Investing in health systems is the only way to stop the next E…
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently surpassed 3,000 infections. The outbreak ha…
Drug experts on the new guidance for medicinal cannabis
It’s now one year since the government announced they would allow access to cannabis-based products for medicinal use, and gu…
JAMAICA | MOH warns of a more severe strain of Dengue - Sexual…
MADRID, Spain, November 9, 2019 - Director of the National Vector Control Programme, Sherine Huntley-Jones, is warning …
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
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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 | Consumer Affairs Commission Launches Mobile App
KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has launched a new mobile app, called the CAC Jamai…
US Launches A National Security Investigation Into TikTok
After two years from the $1 billion transaction of Musical.ly to Beijing ByteDance Technology Co, U.S. lawmakers have been …
Twitter to ban political advertising as of November
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UN | WMO wants govts to protect radio frequencies allocated to…
Amid growing competition for radio wave space due to new wireless technologies, the World Meteorological Organization (W…
GUYANA | Jagdeo vows to block any company selected for ‘trial’…
GUYANA | Decembert 20, 2019 - General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said if his par…
GUYANA | ExxonMobil begins oil production in Guyana
IRVING, Texas December 20, 2019 - ExxonMobil today announced that oil production has started from the Liza field offsho…
CARICOM | Reducing cost of marine renewable energy in focus wh…
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, November 2, 2019- Experts in technology exploration and project development in the m…
The Organization of American States Has Deceived the Public, T…
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Bolivia in Crosshairs of US Counter-revolution
Bolivia’s president Evo Morales Ayma has just resigned. Hours earlier, surrounded by leaders of the grassroots mass organizat…
JAMAICA | Sustainable Economic Development - Is Jamaica on the…
KINGSTON, September 24, 2019 - In spite of all the positive economic fundamentals for Jamaica and the activity in Touri…
How much of a difference does the number of kids in a classroo…
Chicago’s teachers went on strike in October, suspending instruction for the city’s public school students for 11 days. Educa…
AFRICA | The Ashenda festival of the Ethiopians where girls pa…
To mark the end of a yearly 15-day fast called Filseta, the girls and young women in the northern parts of Ethiopia notably t…
Africa’s Catholic churches face competition and a troubled leg…
Pope Francis has completed his seven-day tour of three African countries: Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius. It was a sign…
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) gears up to help the Bahamas
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Historic Hurricane Dorian slams northern Bahamas,
MONTEGO BASY, September 1, 2019 - Bahamians on Sunday felt the catastrophic effects of hurricane Dorian which was upgraded to…
Hurricane Dorian targets the Bahamas -Evacuation Ordered from …
NASSAU, Bahamas, August 31, 2019 - Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Bahamas as a fierce Category 4 storm Saturday, with new …
JAMAICA | Three Million Trees to be planted in Three Years to …
UNITED NATIONS, New York, Ny, September 27, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced an initiative that will …
ANTIGUA | 'Climate Crisis Is About Our Existence': Antigua-Bar…
On the sidelines of 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly currently happening in New York City, …
High-Level Panel Calls for Healthy Oceans to Mitigating Agains…
NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2019 - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging all stakeholders to unite in acceleratin…
JAMAICA | Phillips joins the fight against mining in the Cockp…
ALBERT TOWN, Trelawny, September 17, 2019 - Jamaica's Cockpit Country Coalition, which features environmentalists, residents…
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