JAMAICA | Japan Provides Maritime Vessels to Jamaica
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SVG Signs MOU to improve information sha…
ST. VINCENT,m December 12, 2019 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the latest Caribbean country to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC)...
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JAMAICA | Entertainers Warned Not To Exc…
KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - Entertainers staging events, particularly during the festive period, are being reminded that if they exceed the acceptable noise level, the police have the authority to...
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JAMAICA | Adult Citizens Can Now Renew P…
KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - Jamaica's Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says its online passport renewal application process for adults is now operational.
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JAMAICA | Consumer Affairs Commission La…
KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has launched a new mobile app, called the CAC Jamaica App, which will allow consumers to compare prices on their...
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JAMAICA Improves Ranking In 2019 Human D…
KINGSTON, December 11, 2019 - Jamaica has been placed in the high human development category with a ranking of 96 out of 189 countries and territories in the United Nations...
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CARIBBEAN | PM Dr. Ralph Gonsalves wants…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has launched a campaign to ensure that secretary general of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, is removed...
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DOMINICA | Linton lied about overseas vo…
ROSEAU, Dominica, December 10, 2019 - Unsubstantiated claims by Dominica Opposition Leader Lennox Linton that eight thousand overseas voters arrived in Dominica on charters and regular flights to participate in...
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CARICOM Marks 47th Anniversary of Relati…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 9, 2019 - Sunday the eighth of December marked the 47th anniversary of the historic establishment in 1972 of diplomatic relations betgween the Republic of Cuba and ...
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JAMAICA | Gov’t Will Not Relent Against …
DARLISTON, Westmoreland, December 8, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will not relent in its fight against criminal activity in the country.
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JAMAICA | Government increases pace to b…
KINGSTON. Jamaica, December 7, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is committed to ensuring that every Jamaican has a fair chance of owning his or her own...
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CARIBBEAN SIDs Focus attention on SDG In…
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 6 December 2019Caribbean small island developing states, or SIDs, were exposed to key strategies in attracting and facilitating investment into projects that seek to achieve the sustainable development...
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CURACAO | iGUIDE Launched: A “One Stop…
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, December 7, 2019. Curacao is the newest country to launch an iGuide, or online investment guide, with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...
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CARICOM | PM Mia Mottley Accepts CARICOM…
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 7, 2019 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today accepted, on behalf of her regional colleagues, space in an ultra-modern business complex in Nairobi, Kenya, to be...
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OECS congratulates Prime Minister Skerri…
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission congratulates Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) on a successful election victory and return to Government.
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BOLIVIA | Evo Morales Vows to Return to …
The democratically elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales has congratulated the Movement for Socialism (MAS) Party after having successfully completed its assembly, in which he endorsed its democratic vocation and presented its plan of political struggle to recover...
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DOMINICA | Linton refuses to recognise n…
ROSEAU, Dominica, December 8, 2019 - Despite unanimous satisfaction by international observer groups regarding to conduct of the recently held Dominica general elections, Leader of Dominica’s opposition United Workers Party...
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JAMAICA | Gov’t Will Not Relent Against Criminals says Holness
DARLISTON, Westmoreland, December 8, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will not relent in its fi…
JAMAICA | Government increases pace to build houses
KINGSTON. Jamaica, December 7, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is committed to ensuring that e…
JAMAICA | Cybercrime A Clear And Present Danger – Dr. Chang
KINGSTON, December 4, 2019 - Minister of National Security Dr. Horace Chang, says that cybercrime is a major global threat, p…
JAMAICA | PNP walks out of Parliament; Samuda accused of Rogue…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 4, 2019: People's National Party’s (PNP) President and Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Philli…
CARICOM | Dominica's election result reflects will of the peop…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 8, 2019 -The CARICOM Observer Mission to the Friday December 6 Dominica general elections, says …
DOMINICA | Skerrit wins Fifth term as Prime Minister
ROSEAU, Dominica, December 6, 2019 - Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit's Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has won an unpreced…
CARICOM | CARICOM Election Observers now in Dominica
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, December 4, 2019 - A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission is n…
DOMINICA | Linton's United Workers Party to contest Friday's G…
ROSEAU, Dominica, December 4, 2019 - Despite efforts by the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) to delay Dominica's general…
CURACAO | iGUIDE Launched: A “One Stop Shop” For Investment…
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, December 7, 2019. Curacao is the newest country to launch an iGuide, or online investment guide, w…
GUYANA | Simpson-Miller bats for Guyana's small business; warn…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 30, 2019 - Former Jamaica Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller Thursday night called on G…
TT | Caribbean Airlines shows profit of TT$121 Million
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, November 23, 2019 - Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reporting that its unaudited summary financial resul…
TT | Trinidad moves to decriminalize ganja, promote medicinal …
PORT OF SPAIN, November 23, 2019 - Trinidad and Tobago has no intention to be left behind while other CARICOM countries move …
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…
GUYANA | JetBlue flying to Guyana from next April
GEORGETOWN, Guyana September 10, 2019 - JetBlue on Tuesday announced it is again expanding its large Latin America and …
JAMAICA | ‘Symphony of The Seas’ to Make Port Calls to Jamaica…
MONTEGO BAY, August 19, 2019 - There is heightening stakeholder anticipation over the impending arrival of the world’s …
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…
JAMAICA | Auditor General asked to audit RADA Farm Roads Reha…
KINGSTON, Jamaica. November 20, 2019 - Opposition Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr. Peter …
JAMAICA | PNP charges mismanagement of funds * Opposition's cl…
KINGSTON, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, North Trelawny MP Victor Wright, yesterday accused…
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…
BARBADOS | PM Mottley To Host CSME Town Hall Meeting Monday
“What is in it for me?” Barbadians and other persons in the region will get the opportunity to have this question answered, a…
CARICOM, Mexico strengthen diplomatic relations
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, November 2, 2019 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Mexican States on Wednesday reaffirme…
OECS congratulates Prime Minister Skerrit on his 5th term vict…
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission congratulates Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and the Dominic…
DOMINICA | PM Skerrit Sworn in as OAS Recognizes Victory
Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, was sworn in Saturday after his Dominica Labour Party successfully won the elect…
DOMINICA | Dominicans go to the polls today to elect a new gov…
ROSEAU, Dominica, December 6, 2019 - Citizens of the traditionally peaceful tourist resort island of Dominica, are head…
DOMINICA | Catholic Church condemns confrontation on Bishop, C…
The Catholic Clergy of the Diocese of Roseau says it considers it an act of disgrace and disrespect the mannin in which His L…
JAMAICA | Do not ignore North East US Diaspora, Hanna Tells Fo…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 10, 2019: People’s National Party’s (PNP) Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, M…
JAMAICA | Registration Of Candidates Under Way For Global Jama…
KINGSTON, November 9, 2019 - Registration is under way for candidates to serve on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs controversi…
DIASPORA | Jamaicans in North East USA want accountability in …
New York, November 9, 2019 – As Jamaica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gets ready to conduct elections to choose worldwide rep…
DIASPORA | J'cans in North East US want Global Diaspora Counci…
New York, November 6, 2019 - Jamaicans residing in the Northeast Region of the United States are up in arms over the governme…
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…
Trump Threatens Venezuela And Nicaragua After Coup in Bolivia
United States President Donald Trump has issued threats Monday against the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua a…
Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum
Mexico has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in t…
BRAZIL | Lula Stands As Opposition To Bolsonaro, Right Wants H…
Former Brazilian President and leader of the Workers' Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is preparing to lead the oppositio…
UN ‘regrets’ new US position on Illegal Israeli settlements
UNITED NATIONS, New York, November 19, 2019 - The longstanding position of the UN regarding Israeli settlements in Occu…
‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generat…
UNITED NATIONS - November 19, 2019 - Violent attacks by extremists “almost every day” in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger and…
‘No justification’ for attacks against civilians, UN envoy say…
Following Israel's targeted killing of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader inside Gaza on Tuesday, the UN Special Co…
UNITED NATIONS | ‘When journalists are targeted, societies as …
UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, Nov. 4 - “When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay a price”, a…
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 …
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…
GUYANA | Police looking overseas for information on Roger Khan…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2019 - Guyanese police are still hoping to unearth information to link convicted drug l…
JAMAICA | Chuck withdraws comments regarding arrest of Ruel Re…
KINGSTON, October 10, 2019 - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has withdrawn comments he made about Wednesday's arrest and charge…
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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…
USA Smashes World Record in the Mixed 4X400M Relay at IAAF Wor…
The United States broke the world record for the second time in as many days in the mixed 4x400m relay as Michael Cherry anch…
IAAF claims Olympic champion Caster Semenya is ‘biologically …
The governing body of track argued in court that Olympic champion Caster Semenya is “biologically male” and that is the reaso…
IAAF Unveils News Name and Logo
MONACO, June 9, 2019 - The IAAF Council approved the global governing body’s new name and logo at the 217th IAAF Council Meet…
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’…
JAMAICA | PM Hails Successful Reggae Sumfest
MONTEGO BAY, July 23, 2019 - Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the successful staging of Reggae Sumfest 2019 is a po…
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 …
Three reasons why we need to talk about the mental health of p…
As the impeachment investigation gathers pace on Capitol Hill, some commentators have argued that if Donald Trump remains the…
PAHO Concerned about spread of Ultra-Processed Foods in Latin …
WASHINGTON, United States, Monday October 28, 2019 – The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, is concerned that ultra-proc…
Levita Magnetics Announces 1,000th Magnetic Surgery Procedure
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Levita Magnetics, a company dedicated to improving surgical outcomes through Magnetic Surgery®, today annou…
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…
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
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that starting in November, the United States-based social net…
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…
Coding in South African schools: what needs to happen to make …
South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding. The subject will be piloted at 100…
A lesson in decarbonisation from North Macedonia
Towering over the brambles and scrub of the valley is a huge old thermal power plant chimney. Only a few veteran workers leav…
GUYANA | Tullow Oil company makes additional oil find offshore…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 16, 2019 - The London-listed Irish explorer Tullow Oil said on Monday that it has mad…
GUYANA | ExxonMobil makes yet another oil find off the coast o…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept. 16, 2019 - ExxonMobil has made yet another oil discovery off the coast of Guyana, addin…
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…
Open letter to POTUS -from the world’s peoples
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 8, 2019 - The following is an open letter to the President of The United States of America, on behalf…
JAMAICA | Prof Munroe flayed for his sanitized tribute to Edw…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 3, 2019 - Head of the National Integrity Action, NIA, and former leader of the WPJ, Professor Trevor …
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
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 | 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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