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UNESCO expresses deep regret over Turkey…
As the Turkish President signed a decree on Friday converting the ancient Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque, the UN cultural agency (UNESCO) said that it "deeply regrets the...
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JAMAICA | PM Manley's Misadventures or P…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 10, 2020 - A Gleaner story, written by Christopher Serju and published in the Friday July 10 issue of the publication, quoted prime minister Andrew Holness as...
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GUYANA | Chief Elections Officer seeks …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana. July 10, 2020 - Today’s meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission ended after more than two hours with no final report being submitted by the Chief Election Officer...
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UN | Reggae classic ‘One Love’ re-issued…
UNITED NATIONS July 9, 2020 - The iconic Bob Marley song One Love is to be re-released with the blessing of the musician’s family to support children whose lives have...
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JAMAICA | Tablets for Teachers Programme…
KINGSTON, July 9, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness, working with the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, the Ministry of Education, and the Jamaica Teachersd Association, began distributing tablets...
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JAMAICA | Regulations Tabled Requiring G…
Kingston, Jamaica: Friday, July 10, 2020 - Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Nigel Clarke, tabled the Public Bodies Management and Accountability (Nomination, Selection and Appointment to Boards)...
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GUYANA | Lowenfield to compile new repor…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 10, 2020 - Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh has instructed Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield to present a report based on...
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JAMAICA | Did the Prime Minister Lie? Dr…
KINGSTON, July 9, 2020 - Opposition Leader Dr. Peter Phillips, is concerned that his private conversations with the Prime Minister and the Governort General as Leader of the Opposition, in...
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JAMAICA | PNP Councillor replaced, so sh…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: July 9, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says it was its decision on Monday, July 6, 2020 to inform Councillor Faith Sampson that she would be replaced as...
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GUYANA | GECOM may meet on Friday to dis…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 9, 2020 - Members of the Guyana Elections Commission, were today reviewing the written ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice ahead of the Commission’s meeting, possibly...
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ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | PM Gaston Browne…
ST JOHN’S – Antigua, July 8, 2020- Despite an insistence by incoming Chair of CARICOM and the Prime Minister responsible for Transportation Dr, Ralph Gonsalves that Regional airline LIAT will...
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GUYANA | CCJ Rules, Guyana Court of Appe…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, July 8, 2020 - The Caribbean Court of Justice, having found that it did indeed have jurisdiction to hear the appeal in the Guyana Election case...
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JAMAICA | Holness declares ZOZO for Augu…
KIGSTON, Jamaicaq July 8, 2020 - A Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) has been declared in August Town, St Andrew in response to the upsurge in criminal activity and violence in...
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DIASPORA | Jamaican Embassy, Consulates …
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 6, 2020) - Derrick Scott - The month of July has witnessed the re-opening of Jamaica’s Missions in the United States, and the return to some semblance of...
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GUYANA | CCJ to determine whether it has…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 7, 2020 - The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will on Wednesday July 8, hand down its judgement on whether or not it has jurisdiction to hear...
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JAMAICA | Dismantling of Local Governanc…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 7, 2020: People’s National Party’s (PNP) President, M.P., Dr. Peter Phillips, says there has been a systematic weakening of the local government structures by Jamaica Labour Party-led...
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JAMAICA | Did the Prime Minister Lie? Dr. Phillips Sets Record…
KINGSTON, July 9, 2020 - Opposition Leader Dr. Peter Phillips, is concerned that his private conversations with the Prime Min…
JAMAICA | Holness declares ZOZO for August Town
KIGSTON, Jamaicaq July 8, 2020 - A Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) has been declared in August Town, St Andrew in…
JAMAICA | Dismantling of Local Governance Structures opens the…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 7, 2020: People’s National Party’s (PNP) President, M.P., Dr. Peter Phillips, says there has …
JAMAICA | PNP Expresses Full Confidence in Lisa Hanna
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, July 5, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) is expressing full confidence in its General Election…
GUYANA | Lowenfield to compile new report with certified re-co…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 10, 2020 - Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette S…
JAMAICA | PNP Councillor replaced, so she crossed the floor sa…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: July 9, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says it was its decision on Monday, July 6, 2020 to i…
GUYANA | GECOM may meet on Friday to discuss CCJ Ruling
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 9, 2020 - Members of the Guyana Elections Commission, were today reviewing the written ruling …
T&T | Gov't says it won't reopen borders before August 10…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, July 6, 2020 - The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has no plans to reopen the bord…
CARICOM | LIAT to be replaced by six airlines serving the Regi…
CARICOM, July 4, 2020 - With the collapse of the ailing Regional airline, LIAT (1974) Ltd., despite herculean efforts b…
JAMAICA | Caribbean Airlines to resume Int'l and Regional flig…
MONTEGO BAY, July 3, 2020 - Caribbean Airlines will be resuming international and regional scheduled flights, on a phased bas…
CARIBBEAN | IDB warns of 'economic shock' to Caribbean
WASHINGTON, DC, July 2, 2020- Latin America and the Caribbean will suffer an unprecedented economic shock from a sharp downtu…
Court of Appeal rules Port Referendum law is constitutional
Cayman’s Court of Appeal has declared the 2019 Port Referendum Law to be compatible with the Constitution and has refused to …
JAMAICA | Gov't needs to rethink decision not to pre-test arri…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June 26, 2020: Shadow Minister of Health, Dr. Morais Guy, is calling on the government to urgently re…
JAMAICA | Gov't Reneging on Commitments to Tourism Workers
KINGSTON, JAMAICA. JUNE 26, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, is call…
JAMAICA | Help needed for craft traders and others in sector s…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) President and Leader of the Opposition Dr. Peter Phillip…
JAMAICA | Jamaicans Remain Cautious about Re-opening of Touris…
MONTEGO BAY, June 21, 2020 - There is continued concern that although Jamaica’s tourist industry represents approximately 30%…
Cuba sends doctors worldwide to fight Covid-19
Havana, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) About 1,450 Cuban health specialists have recently traveled to several countries to fight the …
JAMAICA | $400-Million Programme To Ramp Up Food Production
KINGSTON April 14, 2020 - Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw, says his Ministry will be spending some $100 million on a program…
JAMAICA | Rethink Use of Bernard Lodge lands to ensure Food Se…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 8, 2020: The People's National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Land and Housing Senator Sophia Frazer…
JAMAICA | PNP wants long term strategic plan for Agriculture
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 1, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, V…
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…
CARICOM | Gonsalves defends Mottley's position on Guyana
CARICOM, July 3, 2020 - As Outgoing Chair of CARICOM and prime minister of Barbados Mia Mottley this morning handed over the …
CARICOM | Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is the New Chairman of CARICOM
CARICOM, Frtiday July 3, 2020 - Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on Friday m…
GUYANA | ICJ begins hearing of the Guyana-Venezuela 1899 Arbit…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 30, 2020- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today began hearing the case of the bor…
T&T | Rowley forms committee to probe depressed communitie…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, July 3, 2020- Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has appointed a new committee to examine and establish the cause…
TRINIDAD | Faud Abu Bakr arrested for protests, granted $75,00…
Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago – July 3, 2020 - Leader of the New National Vision (NNV) political party, Fuad Abu Bakr, …
Cuba lifting some COVID restrictions
HAVANA – Cuba said on Wednesday it will begin easing a pandemic lockdown on Havana on Friday, while most of the rest of…
CARIBBEAN | A Grass Roots Perspective on Reparations – An On-…
KINGSTON, Jamaica - July 2, 2020- As the struggle against systemic anti-Black and other forms of racism continues to reverber…
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…
JAMAICA | Jamaican Teachers Being Recruited to Tutor US Studen…
WASHINGTON, DC, Jily 1, 2020 - In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar, Inc., a US-b…
UNITED STATES | Court says Trump's decision to rescind DACA …
WASHINGTON DC, June 18, 2020 - Members of the Caribbean diaspora can breathe a temoorary sign of relief as the United States …
DIASPORA | Marks urges Jamaicas to find stregth in resiliency
WASHINGTO DC, June, 16, 2020 - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, says Jamaicans in the Diaspora should …
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…
Thousands of Palestinians Protest Against Israeli Annexation
At least 30,000 Palestinians are protesting in Gaza against Israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank territory…
NIGERIA | Conflict between herders and farmers: Nigeria needs …
Between 2010 and 2015, Nigeria lost 6,500 citizens and 62,000 others were displaced from their homelands in 850 recorded viol…
AFRICA | Why the African Union has failed to ‘silence the guns…
Seven years ago African leaders committed themselves to working towards an end to armed conflict. As they marked the 50th ann…
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…
Israel Gov't Plans To Annex Palestinian West Bank By 1st July
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a meeting with settler leaders that he still intends to annex all …
US must address deep-seated grievances to move beyond history …
“The voices calling for an end to the killings of unarmed African Americans need to be heard”, UN High Commissioner for Human…
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…
UNITED NATIONS | COVID-19 wipes $50 billion off global export…
NEW YORK, NY, March 5, 2020 - The extent of the damage to the global economy caused by novel coronavirus COVID-19 moved…
NEW YORK | Aircraft mechanic charged for importing 11+K of co…
NEW YORK , NY, July 6, 2020 - An American Airlines mechanic at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 52-year-old…
GUYANA begins defence of 1899 Arbital award against Venezuela …
THE HAGUE, June 30, 2020 - Guyana’s Co-Agent and Head of the Legal Team in Guyana’s border case against Venezuela, Sir Shrida…
UNITED NATIONS | US sanctions against international court staf…
UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, June 27, The decision by the United States to authorize sanctions targeting staff at the Intern…
GUYANA VOTES | Outside utterances will not sway Caribbean Cour…
GEORGETOWN, June 25, 2020 - Demerara Waves - Amid a flurry of calls for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to use figure…
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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…
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…
Wear Face Mask to reduce spread of Covid-19 says new study
As many Caribbean countries which depend on tourism for a living prepare to reopen amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, their …
The politics behind how governments control coronavirus data
COVID-19 has affected almost every country around the globe. The World Health Organization has confirmed cases in 216 count…
JAMAICA | Dr. Guy wants transparency in the release of COVID-1…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June 8, 2020: Dr. Morais Guy, M.P., Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness is calling for an explanat…
CUBA | Cuban Medical Brigade in Peru to Help Fight COVID-19
Cuba Foreign Ministry Wednesday announced that Cuban medical brigade arrived in Peru to collaborate with national p…
Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosqui…
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Fingerprints have provided key evidence in countless cases of serious crime. But there are still some situations in which i…
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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 …
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…
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…
JAMAICA | Paulwell wants removal of GCT on electricity bills
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May 20, 2020: Opposition Shadow Minister of Energy, M.P Phillip Paulwell is again calling on the Andr…
Guyana not a colony of CARICOM
THE GUYANA CHRONICLE, EDITORIAL, June 29, 2020- THE recent utterances on Guyana’s elections and, by extension, its internal a…
The validity of the vote is linked to the sanctity of Guyana’s…
GEORGETOWN, June 27, 2020- I received an Open Letter in the link above from one Robin Singh via Priya Manickchand as a rebutt…
"We are not a colony, we run Guyana, let us settle our di…
The war of words arising from the response by CARICOM Chair Mia Mottley to a yet to be accepted report by the CEO of the Guya…
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…
Cannabis may be a safer alternative for people who use drugs d…
Not everyone is a fan of rock ‘n’ roll but, for many people, sex and drugs make a great combination. Pairing the two can lead…
JAMAICA | JA Soldiers (DART) in the Bahamas Assisting with Rec…
KINGSTON, September 10, 2019 - A contingent of 120 men and women ofDisaster Assistance Response Team (DART), search and rescu…
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…
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…
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…
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