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JAMAICA | BOJ Announces Measures To Main…
KINGSTON, March 27, 2020 - The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced measures aimed at maintaining order in the financial system, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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JAMAICA | NEPA Encourages Beach Operator…
KINGSTON, March 28, 2020- The National Environmental and Planning Agency, NEPA, has embarked on a programme aimed at encouraging persons who want to use the beach or waterfront as an...
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GUYANA A Sovereign State Governed by The…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 28, 2020 - The Government of Guyana on Saturday responded to the summoning Guyana’s Ambassador to Washington by the US State Department, over the credibility of the...
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DIASPORA | American Friends of Jamaica (…
New York, NY, March 28, 2020 - As the number of persons testing positive for the COVID-19 virus in Jamaica moved to 30 over the past 24 hours, the shortage...
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CARICOM Committed to Competitive Markets…
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana - March 27,2020 - Press Release - The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for the small economies of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). With Member...
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IMF Debt Relief Trust to help Low Incom…
Washington, DC – March 27, 2020. In direct response to the COVID-19 crisis the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has adopted some immediate enhancements to its Catastrophe Containment and...
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HAITI | IMF offers Haiti 'Rapid Credit F…
WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2020 - The IMF is to provide a Rapid Support Facility to help Haiti address the effects of a mounting health crisis and support spending on...
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JAMAICA | Singer, Songwriter Bob Andy is…
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 27, 2020 - The People's National Party (PNP) has expressed condolence at the passing of acclaimed Jamaican song writer and singer Bob Andy who died at his...
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GUYANA | High Court has jurisdiction to …
GEORGETOWN, March 27, 2020 - The Guyana Supreme Court says that body has the authority to hear a request for a judicial review of a decision by the Guyana Elections...
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GUYANA | US Steps up Pressure, Summons A…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 26, 2020- Despite the fact that the United States is aware that the Guyana elections have been the subject of a court matter and nothing can be...
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GUYANA | The Oil Curse strikes again, Gu…
MONTEGO BAY, Marc h 26, 2020 - Guyana’s March 2 general and regional elections was billed as the proverbial ‘mother of all elections’ and one of the most important general...
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Trump Administration Indicts Venezuela's…
WASHINGTON, DC, March 25, 2020 - The Trump administration has filed criminal charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other government officials for what they claim as turning Venezuela into...
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GUYANA: World’s Fastest-Growing Economy …
When Exxon Mobil Corp. came to Guyana, the U.S. oil giant brought with it the promise of extraordinary economic growth. Now the tiny South American country is embroiled in a...
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GUYANA | British warns of consequences i…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 24, 2020 - Despite President Granger’s insistence that he will not interfere in the deliberations of the Guyana Elections Commission, as it is an independent constitutional body...
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Jamaica In Dialogue With Key Tourism Par…
KINGSTON, March 24, 2020 - Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCM) will be charged with driving the recovery of tourism...
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COVID-19 in the Caribbean: Overview of t…
In the wake of the coronavirus global outbreak, the Caribbean Public Health Agency has raised the risk level in the region from "moderate to high" to "very high."
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JAMAICA | Increase PATH payment to Parents instead of food to …
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 21, 2020: Shadow Minister of Education, Peter Bunting, is imploring the Ministry of Education …
JAMAICA| Jackson wants Strict COVID-19 Screening at Ports of E…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 19, 2020: The People’s National Party’s Shadow Minister of National Security, Fitz Jackson, sa…
JAMAICA | Schools Closed for 14 Days in Light COVID-19
KINGSTON, March 12, 2020 - The Government has ordered the closure of all schools for 14 days effective tomorrow (March 13) in…
JAMAICA | No Public Gatherings for the Next 14 Days in Wake of…
KINGSTON, March 12, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there will be no permits issued for public gather…
GUYANA | US Steps up Pressure, Summons Ambassador Over Electio…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 26, 2020- Despite the fact that the United States is aware that the Guyana elections have bee…
GUYANA | British warns of consequences if Govt is installed on…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 24, 2020 - Despite President Granger’s insistence that he will not interfere in the deliberations o…
GUYANA | Granger commits to free and fair elections, amid inte…
GEORGETOWN, March 2020 -Demerara Waves - Amid widespread international and local criticism and threats of sanctions due to su…
GUYANA | Carter Center Observer team withdraws citing Court ma…
GEORGETOWN, March 20, 2020 - The United States-headquartered Carter Centre’s election observation mission on Friday left Guya…
HAITI | IMF offers Haiti 'Rapid Credit Facility' to combat COV…
WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2020 - The IMF is to provide a Rapid Support Facility to help Haiti address the effects of a mounti…
GUYANA: World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Dims says Bloomberg
When Exxon Mobil Corp. came to Guyana, the U.S. oil giant brought with it the promise of extraordinary economic growth. Now t…
JAMAICA | Opposition wants Robust Response to COVID19 Economic…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 18, 2020: The Opposition is calling for an early and robust fiscal response to counter the unfolding…
JAMAICA | $10 Billion To Offset Impact Of COVID-19
KINGSTON, March 18, 2020 - The Government has increased the contingency provisions within the Budget to offset the impa…
JAMAICA | 8,000 Tourism Workers To Be Certified By 2022
KINGSTON, March 1, 2020 - Some 8,000 tourism workers who do not have formal training are being targeted by the Government for…
The Official Guyana Rum Route Discovering Home of World’s Best…
Georgetown, Guyana, February 14, 2020: The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has launched its official rum route in collaboratio…
JAMAICA | Half Moon Hotel adds new luxury resort Experience un…
WASHINGTON DC, January 23, 2020- Having assumed the management of the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, one of Jamaica’s most e…
JAMAICA | Port Royal Welcomes First Cruise Ship
KINGSTON, January 21, 2020 - The historic town of Port Royal, in Kingston, welcomed its first cruise ship, the Marella Discov…
JAMAICA | More Traditional Ganja Growers To Take Part In Alter…
KINGSTON, JANUARY 18, 2020 - Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green…
JAMAICA | PNP wants help for coffee farmers - Questions China …
KINGSTON, Jamaica. December 17, 2019: People’s National Party (PNP) Caretaker for St. Andrew East Rural, Mrs. Joan Gordon-Web…
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 …
CARICOM | CARICOM Urges GECOM to continue with the Region 4 el…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 7, 2020 - The CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION says it accepts that the tabulation proces…
CARICOM Heads meet on Sunday amidst the Spread of COVID-19
BARBADOS, February 29, 2020 - Against the background of the World Health Organization raising the global risk assessmen…
CARICOM affirms solidarity with Cuba
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have expressed …
CARICOM to mount fact-finding mission to Haiti
As Haiti continues to struggling with gang violence, kidnappings and political unrest, it remains a challenge to CARICOM Head…
T&T | Trinidad and Tobago closes borders to foreigners for…
MONTEGO BAY, March 16, 2020- The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley, says his country will disconnect fro…
GUYANA | Witnesses to Violent Crimes between 2002-2008 Killed …
GEORGETOWN, March 1, 2020-Presidential candidate for A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), D…
HAITI | Haitian leaders urged to end political impasse
NEW YORK, NY, February 26, 2020 - Leaders in Haiti must step up and end the impasse between Pre…
Costa Ricans condemn increased US aggressiveness against Cuba
San José, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian Circle Yamileth López and the Costa Rican Popular Center for Social Studies (…
JAMAICA | COVID19 causes Consulates to Close in New York, Wash…
KINGSTON, March 13, 2020 - Jamaica will be closing its Consulate General in New York, and the consular sections in Washington…
Jamaica’s NY Consul General calls on Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn…
DIASPORA, New York, March 2020 - The Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, Mrs Shawyn Patterson Howard, is to hold discussio…
DIASPORA | Joy Stephenson-Laws Appointed Jamaica’s New Honoura…
WASHINGTON DC, March 5, 2020 - Prominent health attorney in Los Angeles, California, Jamaican Joy Stephenson-Laws, has been a…
DIASPORA | 167,000 Non-Citizens Ineligible for US Green Cards …
WASHINGTON — While the new Trump administration public charge rule is likely to vastly reshape future legal immigration based…
Venezuelan Opposition Rejects Juan Guaido's Leadership
The Venezuelan opposition stated on Sunday that they would not be seeking the reelection of the self-proclaime…
BOLIVIA | Bolivian Police Asks Mexican Embassy to Hand Over Re…
La Paz Police Commander William Cordero Tuesday demanded that Mexico hand over supporters and former officials of the Mo…
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…
Trump’s so-called Mideast ‘peace plan’ dispossesses Palestinia…
Nothing is further from a peace effort than the plan that Israel and the Donald Trump administration have concocted for Pales…
Trump restricts immigration from Nigeria and five other countr…
WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2020 - The Trump administration has expanded its curb on immigrants of six more countries t…
Palestinians Threaten to Quit Oslo Agreement Over Trump Plan
The Palestinian Liberation Organization has threatened to quit the Oslo Accords agreement that was&n…
Britain Secretly Funded Reuters in 60s and 70s Using the BBC
The British government secretly funded Reuters News Agency in the 1960s and 1970s as part of an anti-Soviet propaganda progra…
Antoinette Sayeh proposed as Deputy Managing Director of the I…
UNITED STATES, February 25, 2020 - Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to…
China Forecasts slower Economic Growth in 2020 due to Covid-19
Beijing, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will lose momentum and will only expand between 5.3 and …
IMF Concerned about Impact of COVID-19 Virus on World Economy
RIYADH, February 22, 2020 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva today sounde…
Palestinians will never be convinced a deal with Israel is wor…
With typical Trumpian bombast, the so-called “deal of the century” for Israel-Palestine “peace” was unveiled in Washington on…
GUYANA | Guyana High Court Will hear oral arguments in electio…
GEORGETOWN, March 10, 2020 - Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire will hear arguments in the Guyana Region 4 election matte…
UNITED NATIONS | ‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe Afgha…
Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - an…
GUYANA | ICJ to hear Guyana/Venezuela border Case March 23
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday February 12, 2020 – The International Court of Justice, the ICJ says it will be hearing argumen…
DIASPORA | US Green Card now linked to use of public benefits
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2020 - As members of the Caribbean diaspora continue to be buffeted by the uncertainty of the T…
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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 | Wavel Hinds wants urgent repairs to the National Sta…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 24, 2020 – With just a month to go before the 110th staging of the Boys and Girls Athle…
With World Half Marathon Record, Yeshaneh Makes History for Et…
When Ababel Yeshaneh crossed the finish line at the Ras Al-Khaimah Half Marathon on Friday morning (21) in a world record of …
Rojas Breaks World Indoor Triple Jump Record in Madrid
With her final attempt of the evening, Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas bounded out to a world indoor triple jump record of 15.43m* …
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…
DIASPORA | Reggae Music Exhibition opens at the Jamaican Consu…
NEW YORK, NY, February 3, 2020 - A large number of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica turned out on Friday evening to witness t…
CARICOM | Include Persons with Disabilities in Fight Against …
CARICOM, Georgetown, Guyana- March 245, 2020 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Special Rapporteur on Disability, Sena…
An Employees’ Guide to Coronavirus
LONDON, March 2020 - What’s the Coronavirus going to mean for you as an employee? As COVID-19 spreads more widely, the implic…
JAMAICA | Opposition concerned about inadequate supplies for F…
KINGSTON, Jamaica. March 22, 2020: People's National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Health Dr Morais Guy, is expressing grave…
JAMAICA| PNP wants Testing Protocol for COVID-19 Immediately M…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 20, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Health Dr Morais Guy says some of t…
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…
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 …
Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, prese…
Paper documents are still priceless records of the past, even in a digital world. Primary sources stored in local archives th…
JAMAICA | Adult Citizens Can Now Renew Passports Online
KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - Jamaica's Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says its online passp…
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…
GUYANA | Hess Announces Oil Discovery at Uaru, Offshore Guyana…
NEW YORK--January 27, 2020 - (BUSINESS WIRE)--Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced another oil discovery offshore Guy…
GUYANA | First Shipment of Oil from Guyana on its way to Texas…
GEORGETOWN, January 21, 2020 - Guyana’s first million barrels of light crude from the Stabroek Block left Georgetown on Monda…
GUYANA | Barbados company selected to sell gov’t’s first 3 mil…
The Guyana government has chosen the Barbados-headquartered Shell Western Supply and Trading (SWST) Limited to sell the count…
JAMAICA | Will Holness Choose Maria Fernada Espinosa, as OAS G…
KINGSTON, March 8, 2020 - The Jamaica Peace Council is concerned about a recent statement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness th…
Venezuela in 2019: a successful year of resistance
CARACAS, Venezuela, January 26, 2020 - The failure of Juan Guaido to be re-elected as president of the National Assembl…
Pompeo's Visit: Be Wary Of Greeks Bringing Gifts
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 22, 2020 - In a little over a 12-month period, our country Jamaica has played host to 2 successive…
Yes, the research confirms: Managers shouldn’t sleep with subo…
U.S. Rep. Katie Hill recently stepped down after information about an affair with a campaign staffer, and allegations of one …
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…
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) gears up to help the Bahamas
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 - Today, the hearts of the people of the Caribbean are heavy. Once again one of…
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 | 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…
JAMAICA | Mangroves estimated to provide US$32.7 million in pr…
KINGSTON, November 22, 2019 - A study on Jamaica’s mangroves has estimated that they provide approximately US$32.7 million do…
Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics poisoning se…
UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, November 4, 2019 - Between 60 to 90 per cent of the litter that accumulates o…
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