ETHIOPIA | Army takes ‘full control’ of Tigray capital, Abiy…
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G20 Summit Declaration: We remain determined to support all developing and least developed countries as they face the intertwined health, economic, and social effects of COVID-19, recognizing the specific challenges...
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CARICOM | CDF, CCREEE To Jointly Suppor…
GEORGETOWN, November 27, 2020 - The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) on Wednesday strengthened their partnership when the two regional...
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GUYANA | High Court rules: Ashni Singh, …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 27, 2020 - Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire more than one week ago ruled that the Magistrates’ Court must hear the charges of misconduct in public office against...
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AFRICA'S oldest surviving party – the AN…
Democracies are precarious endeavours, as events around the world are showing. In most, political parties hold sway over whether the system delivers the will of the people, or doesn’t. So...
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ANTIGUA | LIAT begins limited flights on…
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, November 25, 2020 – The embattled Regional airline, LIAT, will begin its commercial schedule on November 30 with flights operating to a limited number of destinations.
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ANTIGUA | Former minister Michael Browne…
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, November 26, 20230 - Former Education Minister in the Gaston Browne administration, Michael Browne is on bail, after Information Minister Melford Nicholas told the nation this morning...
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JAMAICA | Diaspora Health Professionals …
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, November 25, 2020 - Over the past 25 years, thousands of patients attending the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay for emergency medical care have benefited from...
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ETHIOPIA | 'We just ran': Ethiopians fle…
ETHIOPIA, November 25, 2020 - More than 40,000 people have fled the Ethiopian government’s offensive in the defiant Tigray region. They hurried into Sudan, often under gunfire, sometimes so quickly...
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JAMAICA | Education ministry providing M…
KINGSTON, November 25, 2020 - The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has partnered with Microsoft to provide, free of cost, 500,000 Microsoft Office 365 Education Software licences to students...
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JAMAICA | Holness Announces COVID-19 Mea…
KINGSTON, November 25, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced amendments to the proposed Disaster Risk Management measures for the period December 2020 to mid-January 2020.
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BRAZIL | My vote will be Black’ – A wave…
Messages urging Afro-Brazilians to support Black candidates filled social media in the days before Brazil’s Nov. 15, 2020 elections.
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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper, d…
The biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has released data on what is now the third promising vaccine candidate against COVID-19 – and it has several advantages over those of its competitors, Pfizer...
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GUYANA | Attorney James Bond arrested ov…
GEORGETOWN, November 24, 2020 - The Jagdeo/Ali administration today continued its apparently ongoing programme to persecute and embarrass opposition politicians by having them arrested and locked up for 72 hours...
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PAHO study finds major gaps in countries…
A first-of-its kind analysis of country data on violence against children and adolescents in the Americas reports that while the region has taken important action, serious gaps in prevention and...
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JAMAICA | US cautions travel to Jamaica …
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 23, 2020 - Members of the Jamaican tourism industry are concerned over the Level Four COVID-19 risk assessment that has been imposed on Jamaica by the US...
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JAMAICA | Country wants effective action…
Kingston, Jamaica. November 23, 2020. The PNP Shadow Minister of National Security Mr Fitz Jackson, is calling on the Minister of National Security, Dr. Horace Chang, to take urgent action...
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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…
CUBA'S migration policy strengthens ties with diaspora
Havana, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's recent measures in favor of its nationals abroad strengthen ties with that community an…
JAMAICA | Dog Bite Bill passed in Parliament, now goes to the …
KINGSTON, Jamaica November 18, 2020 - The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the new dog attack law (with …
JAMAICA | Holness Expresses Sadness at the Death of a Correcti…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 14, 2020 -Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed sadness at the death of a Correctional Of…
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…
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…
ANTIGUA | Cash flow major challenge to LIAT’s return says Admi…
ST. JOHN’S Antigua/Barbuda Nov. 4, 2020 – The court appointed administrator overseeing the affairs of the embattled reg…
BARBADOS | IMF says despite COVID-19 blows, B'dos economy maki…
Washington DC: October 30, 2020 - The International Monetary Fund says despite the major impact that the COVID-19 pande…
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 | Tourism Sector Poised for Further Development
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 10, 2020- Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says developers remain invested in the co…
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 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…
HAITI | 34 years after dictator Duvalier, Haiti still awaits t…
Haiti has had leaders, but many observers say that Jean-Claude Duvalier’s style of leadership torments the island till today…
CARICOM | UN chief says Caribbean is vital to tackling COVID-1…
CARICOM Secretariat, October 30, 2020 - Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres has praised leaders within …
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…
GUYANA | High Court asked to remove Oneidge Walrond from Parli…
GUYANA, November 19, 2020 (Demerara Waves) - The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) o…
CUBA | Solidarity and Internationalism: Fidel Castro's Flags
November 25 2020 will mark the fourth anniversary of the passing of the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Cast…
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…
DIASPORA | Caribbean nationals urged to get counted in the Uni…
WASHINGTON DC, September 26, 2020 - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks has called on Jamaican Amer…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ETHIOPIA | 'We just ran': Ethiopians fleeing war find little c…
ETHIOPIA, November 25, 2020 - More than 40,000 people have fled the Ethiopian government’s offensive in the defiant Tig…
ETHIOPIA | Tigray conflict sets off new wave of refugees in a …
In early November Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military offensive against forces of the Tigray People’s Lib…
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…
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…
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 | 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…
GUYANA | Heath-London responds to NICIL with documentary evide…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 23, 2020 - Mr. Nigel Hughes, Attorney for Colvin Heath-London the embattled former C…
GUYANA | Court to hear Election Petition Preliminary arguments…
GUYANA, November 22, 2020 –, Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire, will on Tuesday November 24, hear legal arguments on whe…
GUYANA | Nigel Hughes says his client Heath-London was wrongfu…
GEORGETOWN, November 22, 2020 - Nigel Hughes, attorney for former NICIL CEO Colvin Heath-London, says his client has been wro…
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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 …
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…
Massive project on African DNA sets out to close the knowledge…
In July 2009, a woman brought her husband to the hospital where our colleagues work in western Kenya. She reported that for s…
COVID-19 can cause mental illness in 90 days
London, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) Some patients infected with Covid-19 can develop mental disorders ranging from panic attacks 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…
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…
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 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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