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T&T | Rowley Victorious, PNM 22, UNC…
PORT-OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – August 11, 2020 - The analysts were correct. It was indeed a tight race, but by the end of election night, the ruling Peoples...
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T&T| Undecided voters may decide ele…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, The Guardian - In terms of popularity, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar are in a statistical deadheat going into...
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Weed is not good for your heart, studies…
UNITED STATES, January 8, 2020 - You may love smoking weed, but it does not love your heart, according to the American Heart Association’s new scientific statement on marijuana.
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T&T | Trinidadians go to the polls o…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, August 9, 2020 – The people of Trinidad and Tobago will go to the polls on Monday, to elect a new government, with both the incumbent...
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GUYANA | Criminal probe into GECOM’s 202…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 8, 2020 - Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Saturday did not rule out a criminal probe into the administrative operations of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) concerning...
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GUYANA | Ali announces establishment of …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Saturday, August 8, 2020 – The new Government of Guyana says it will be establishing a Petroleum Commission to ensure that the oil and gas sector is not...
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JAMAICA | Former Morant Bay Mayor, Marsh…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 7, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) has drafted the former Mayor of Morant Bay and sitting councillor of the Cedar Valley Division in the St Thomas Municipal...
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JAMAICA |Govt. must accept responsibilit…
Kingston, Jamaica, August 7, 2020: Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy, M.P., is urging the Andrew Holness administration to embrace accountability in its mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic...
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JAMAICA | US State Department issues COV…
MONTEGO BAY, August 7, 2020 - Against the background of reopening the tourist industry and the government's targeting of US visitors to the island, and Prime Minister Holness' concern that...
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In late 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published its “Economic Performance of the Airline Industry” report. It contained a 2020 forecast of 4.1 percent growth in global air...
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JAMAICA | Review existing Coronavirus sc…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 6, 2020: Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Morais Guy, says the spike in coronavirus cases and the increased number of hospitalisations demand that the government...
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BARBADOS | InterCaribbean Airways begins…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 6, 2020 - InterCaribbean Airways has expanded its reach across the Caribbean, with its inaugural flight to Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados on Tuesday, August 4...
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ANTIGUA | LIAT's creditors given until A…
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, August 7, 2020 - LIAT 1974 Ltd’s court-appointed administrator Cleveland Seaforth of the multinational accounting firm BDO, has given creditors a week from Saturday to submit their...
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The loneliness of social isolation can a…
Physical pain is unpleasant, yet it’s vital for survival because it’s a warning that your body is in danger. It tells you to take your hand off a hot burner...
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BARBADOS | Updated travel protocols for …
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 4, 2020 – As the country struggles to carefully reopen the Barbados economy within the context of the devastation brought on by the Coronavirus, the Ministry of...
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BAHAMAS | COVID-19 spread Initiates Nati…
NASSAU, Bahamas, August 4, 2020 NASSAU, Bahamas, August 4, 2020 - The Bahamas is paying the price for opening up too soon with Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announcing a...
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JAMAICA | PNP wants govt to begin hurricane preparation now
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 2, 2020: Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy, says as the nation prepares fo…
JAMAICA | No child should be deprived of education because of …
KINGSTON, AUGUST 2, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he notes with concern, developments surrounding the case of a s…
JAMAICA | PNP Calls on Prime Minister to save JUTC
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: July 30, 2020. The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Shadow Minister of Transport and Works, Mr Mikael …
JAMAICA | Jamaica to Recover Stronger - PM Holness
KINGSTON, AUGUST 1, 2020 - With the reopening of several sectors, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed optimis…
T&T| Undecided voters may decide elections - TT Guardian M…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, The Guardian - In terms of popularity, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Lead…
T&T | Trinidadians go to the polls on Monday-Pundits say i…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, August 9, 2020 – The people of Trinidad and Tobago will go to the polls on Monday, to elect a new go…
JAMAICA | Former Morant Bay Mayor, Marsha Francis new PNP cand…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 7, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) has drafted the former Mayor of Morant Bay and sitt…
GUYANA | GECOM Coalition Commissioners cry foul, advocate fres…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug. 2, 2020- The three GECOM Commissioners appointed by the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance Fo…
ANTIGUA | Browne seeks CDB Loan to purchase LIAT aircraft
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, August 4, 2020 - As Prime Minister Gaston Browne continues to implements his plan to save the regional ai…
BARBADOS | Mottley welcomes Inter Caribbean Airways Barbados h…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 2, 2020 -Inter Caribbean Airways has expanded its reach to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean an…
Fitch Sees Rising Latin American Debt Defaults
Nonfinancial corporate defaults in Latin America are trending upward as the economic contraction caused by the coronavirus pa…
ANTIGUA | Court appointed Administrator takes control of LIAT
ST. JOHN’S Antigua, July 26, 2020 - As Prime Minister Gaston Browne continues to pursue his reorganisation plans for the regi…
BARBADOS | Updated travel protocols for Barbados take effect A…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 4, 2020 – As the country struggles to carefully reopen the Barbados economy within the context o…
JAMAICA | Gov't wants to increase earnings of small and medium…
KINGSTON, July 24, 2020 - Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, says the Government is working to build the capacity o…
JAMAICA | Bartlett appeals to Jamaicans to fill hotels with Re…
KINGSTON, Jamaica July 24, 2020 - A‘Rediscover Jamaica’ campaign, which encourages Jamaicans to taste, see, feel and …
JAMAICA | CAL issues notice for travellers to Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is warning travellers to Jamaica that they will not be allowed to travel without…
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…
JAMAICA | Minister's Partner Resigns as Director of Holland Pr…
MONTEGO BAY, July 15, 2020 - Minister with responsibility for Agriculture, JC Hutchinson, says the mother of his child, Lola …
CARICOM | CARICOM Heads to discuss Guyana' electoral impasse n…
MONTEGO BAY, July 16, 2020 - CARICOM heads will convene a special meeting next week, to discuss the Guyana electoral im…
BARBADOS | Reparations is more than an apology, they must pay …
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 6, 2020 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has joined CARICOM’s call for Reparatory Justice a…
CARICOM | ‘Sorry is not enough,’ Caribbean States Say of Briti…
The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) will convene a virtual media engagement on 6 July to update the media on recent deve…
CARICOM | CARICOM Day 2020 – Message from Secretary-General Am…
GEORHETOWN, Guyana, July 4, 2020 - CARICOM Day 2020 is like no other in our history. We celebrate today in an environme…
BAHAMAS | COVID-19 spread Initiates Nationwide lockdown in the…
NASSAU, Bahamas, August 4, 2020 NASSAU, Bahamas, August 4, 2020 - The Bahamas is paying the price for opening up too soon wit…
GUYANA | Guyana's New President Dr. Irfan M. Ali Sworn in on S…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 2, 2020 - Guyana’s ninth Executive President, 39 year old Dr Irfaan Ali was sworn in on Sunday aft…
JAMAICA | PJ Patterson Pays Tribute to former B'dos PM, Owen A…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 27, 2020 - With the passing of former Barbados prime minister Owen Arthur on Monday, tributes have…
DIASPORA | Support pour in for IPMI's Jamaica Day of Prayer, A…
NEW YORK, NY. Saturday, July 18, 2020 -- Jamaicans at home and those scattered across the globe, are being encouraged to rema…
DIASPORA | Jamaican Embassy, Consulates Made Efforts To Protec…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 6, 2020) - Derrick Scott - The month of July has witnessed the re-opening of Jamaica’s Missions i…
DIASPORA | Jamaica Hails The United States on its 244th Indep…
WASHINGTON DC, July 4, 2020 - The Government of Jamaica has hailed the United States of America on the occasion of the …
JAMAICA | Jamaican Embassy in Washington DC reopens for busin…
WASHINGTON, DC, July 1, 2020 - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organizati…
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…
Venezuelan Assembly Vows to Defend Country After Border Attack
VENEZUELA, May 3, 2020 - The President of the Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, slammed on Sunday the latest attem…
BRAZIL | 'So what?' asks Bolsonaro as 5,000 die from COVID-19 …
BRAZILIA, May 2, 2020 - "So what? I'm sorry. What do you want me to do?" said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday w…
AFRICA | Zindzi Mandela dies
JOHANNESBURG – Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and liberation hero Nelson Mandela, died on Monday…
AFRICA | We decrypted messages from the Biafran war that have …
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Biafran conflict in 1970. The trigger for the conflict was the proclam…
African countries need cheaper COVID-19 tests: here’s how to g…
COVID-19 continues to infect millions of people as the death toll mounts. There is currently no cure which means that control…
UNESCO expresses deep regret over Turkey decision to change st…
As the Turkish President signed a decree on Friday converting the ancient Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque, the UN cult…
UN | Reggae classic ‘One Love’ re-issued to help children upen…
UNITED NATIONS July 9, 2020 - The iconic Bob Marley song One Love is to be re-released with the blessing of the musician’s fa…
UNITED STATES | Non-immigrant students taking only online cou…
WASHINGTON – July 6, 2020 - Students from the Caribbean who study in the United States could be affected by today’s ann…
Venezuela accuses World Bank of bias in US court case
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Nicolas Maduro's government on Thursday accused the World Bank of collaborating with the Venezuel…
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…
IMF | "Blunting the Impact and Hard Choices: Early Lesson…
WASHINGTON, DC, March 21, 2020 - The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global ec…
GUYANA | Court of Appeal upholds High Court decision on use of…
GEORGETOWN, Gytana, July 30, 2020 - The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday unanimously dismissed an appeal filed by a private…
GUYANA | “Order No.60 deeply flawed” John Jeremie tells Appel…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, The Guyana Chronicle, July 26, 2020 -- In a legal battle of words that spanned more than five hours…
GUYANA | Chief Elections Officer charged privately by PPP for …
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, July 25, 2020 - Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield was Friday morning granted a total of GYD…
JAMAICA | Supreme Court ruling on SOE detention significant sa…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA. July 23, 2020: Leader of the Opposition and President of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter P…
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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 …
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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 | Happy Birthday Uncle Charlie Hyatt, you are a hero !
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 16, 2020 - Not all heroes wear capes. Normally, when people hear the word “hero”, they thin…
DIASPORA | Freddie McGreggor awarded, Lobby on for Reggae Gram…
MIRAMAR, Fla, Feb 10, 2020 - Jamaica’s Reggae superstar, Freddie McGreggor, was the toast of the city of Miramar, Florida, la…
JAMAICA | Review existing Coronavirus screening protocols says…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 6, 2020: Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Morais Guy, says the spike in corona…
BARBADOS | Nine of 95 Ghanaian nurses test positive for COVID-…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug. 1, 2020 - Barbados has recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19, acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. K…
BARBADOS | Ghanaian Nurses Arrive In Barbados to bolster healt…
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. August 1, 2020 - Ninety-five nurses from the Republic of Ghana in West Africa will be on the job at the…
JAMAICA | PNP Says Dr. Chris Tufton must clarify allegations i…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, July 16, 2020: The Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy, says the People’s Nat…
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 …
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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 million barrel of crude lifted
GEORGETOWN, May 24, 2020 - The second million-barrel of crude from the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloadin…
Venezuelan President Maduro: "Mike Pompeo Stop Your Arrog…
The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, said this Thursday that the armed incursion against the South American natio…
Let the Oil Tankers Arrive in Venezuela, Iran's President Warn…
TeleSUR, MAY23, 2020 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani hopes that President Donald Trump's administration does not…
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…
Guyana's Sovereignty on trial
FINANCE Minister Winston Jordan has reported that for 2019 the Guyana economy performed “creditably and remained stable.” The…
Colourism – how shade bias perpetuates prejudice against peopl…
When a person of colour with light skin rises to prominence, or becomes the first to occupy a particular position, it’s often…
JAMAICA | Guyanese Roman Catholic priest appointed Bishop of M…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 19, 2020 - Pope Francis has appointed Guyanese Roman Catholic Priest Father John Derek P…
Why reparations and apologies to African Canadians are necessa…
In 2017, a three-member United Nations expert panel recommended the Government of Canada “issue an apology and consider provi…
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…
Barbadians urged to monitor and prepare for approaching tropic…
BARBADOS, July 22, 2020 - Residents across Barbados are urged to complete their preparations for the approach of Tropical Sto…
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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