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JAMAICA | Government Targets Enhanced Ec…
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 30, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the objective of his Administration in its second term is to enhance economic growth through agriculture.
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JAMAICA | More Cuban doctors not less in…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica Sept. 30, 2020 - The Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association says it condemns what it said was a vile attempt by the United States Pan American Health Organization(...
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CUBA | The US Intensifies its Campaign …
HAVANA, Cuba, September 30, 2020 - The Cuban government has lashed out at the United States government in condemnation of its campaign to discredit Cuba’s international medical cooperation and exert...
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GUYANA | No talks with APNU+AFC unless H…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 30, 2020 - President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday categorically ruled out any political engagement with the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) unless he...
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CUBA denounces at UN tightening of US bl…
United Nations, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Prime Minister Manuel Marrero denounced on Tuesday the tightening of the US blockade against the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic, in a virtual...
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JAMAICA | In excess of 100 persons have …
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 29, 2020 – As the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to battle the Coronavirus pandemic which has now reached community spread in the island, In excess...
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DIASPORA | Caribbean nationals urged to …
WASHINGTON DC, September 26, 2020 - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks has called on Jamaican Americans, Jamaican Green card holders, as well as Caribbean Americans in the...
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ANTIGUA | Gaston Browne and Asot Michael…
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, Sept. 29, 2020 – There seems to be no love lost between Prime Minister Gaston Browne and tainted long-time Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) member Asot...
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BARBADOS | Mottley thanks PAHO for help …
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 29, 2020 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has once again enphasized that the global financial system must be restructured, revolutionised and democratised and has urged the...
29-09-2020 Hits:60 Business & Economy
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BARBADOS | CXC to review 2020 results sa…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept. 29, 2020 - Following a wave of protests from students and parents across region, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has softened its stance announcing that a team...
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GUYANA | Chief Elections Officer Lowenfi…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 27, 2020 – Against the background of an election petition challenge filed by the Opposition APNU/AFC Coalition, and the need for the government to position the Chief...
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CUBA | Cuba's COVID-19 Vaccine may soon …
HAVANA, Cuba, September 27, 2020 - As the world awaits the delivery of a vaccine that will attack the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of trials are taking place across the world...
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Has the skin lightener industry learned …
Black Lives Matter activism has jolted the skin lightener industry. In June, manufacturers of skin lighteners joined other corporations in voicing support for the racial justice movement. Critics quickly pointed...
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JAMAICA | Mobile Field Hospital A Timely…
WASHINGTON DC, September 25, 2020 – Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks has thanked the United States government for donating a 70-bed mobile field hospital to Jamaica. She...
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JAMAICA | Another COVID death pushes to…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 25, 2020 - The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Jamaica has increased to 77 after a 58 year old Manchester woman died from the contagious illness...
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CARICOM | CARICOM Travel Bubble in opera…
Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda, have started operating the CARICOM Travel Bubble, with the hope of resuscitating the travel and tourism sectors.
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JAMAICA | PNP agrees with the delay in face to face learning w…
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 23, 2020: Shadow Minister of Education and Training, Dr Ángela Brown Burke, M.P., syas she is in…
JAMAICA | Opposition wants Gov't to remove GCT from computers …
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 23, 2020: Shadow Minister of Science and Technology, Julian Robinson, M.P., is renewing a call h…
JAMAICA | PNP names Interim Shadow Cabinet
Kingston, Jamaica, September 21, 2020: People’s National Party (PNP) President and Leader of the Opposition Dr Peter Ph…
JAMAICA | DK Duncan's family heartened by outpouring of suppor…
KINGSTON, September 17, 2020 - Jamaica — The Family of former PNP stalwarth Dr DK Duncan who dird on Thursday morning at the …
BARBADOS | B'dos to relinquish sovereign ties with Britain in …
BRIDGETOWN, September 16, 2020 – Barbados, one of the Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean with the closest affinity to En…
JAMAICA | Holness names 19 member Cabinet - 9 Ministers of Sta…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 12, 2020 - Consequent on the General Elections held on September 3, 2020, Prime Minister t Andre…
JAMAICA | PNP's Richard Azan wants probe into Ballot Box tampe…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 12, 2020: The People's National Party (PNP) is calling for an urgent investigation into the reop…
JAMAICA | Luther Buchanan declared winner of Westmoreland East…
DARLISTON, Westmoreland, September 6, 2020 -The deadlock which resulted from Saturday's official recount by the Elector…
ANTIGUA | Some countries may write off LIAT's debts says Gast…
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, September 13, 2020 – As Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne continue to pave the way for t…
JAMAICA | Ministry to address banking challenges to medical ca…
KINGSTON, September 10, 2020 - The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is engaging international stak…
JAMAICA | CLA and JAMPRO to establish online platform
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 10, 2020 -The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMP…
JAMAICA | Economy contracted 18 per cent April to June says PI…
KINGSTON, September 10, 2020 - The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says the economy contracted by an estimated 18 per ce…
CUBA reopens its borders to international tourism
HAVANA, Cuba, September 24, 2020 - Granma - The renowned Cuban beach resorts of Jardines del Rey and Cayo Santa María, off th…
UN | Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in…
Launching his latest policy brief, on tourism, Secretary-General António Guterres, pointed out that the industry “employs one…
CAYMAN | Gov't very cautious about re-opening its borders to v…
GRAND CAYMAN, August 15, 2020 - The government of the Cayman Islands is learning from the experience of its neighbours …
JAMAICA | US State Department issues COVID-19 travel advisory …
MONTEGO BAY, August 7, 2020 - Against the background of reopening the tourist industry and the government's targeting of US v…
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 congratulates Guyana's new President, Irfan Ali
TURKEYEN, Georgetown, Guyana Aug. 3, 2020- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today congratulated the new presiden…
BARBADOS | Son Of The Soil: A Tribute To The Late Owen Arthur
Owen Seymour Arthur was born on October 17, 1949, and was educated at All Saints Boys’ School, the Coleridge and Parry School…
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…
GUYANA | No talks with APNU+AFC unless Harmon recognises PPP a…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 30, 2020 - President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday categorically ruled out any political engagement wit…
CUBA denounces at UN tightening of US blockade
United Nations, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Prime Minister Manuel Marrero denounced on Tuesday the tightening of the US blo…
ANTIGUA | Gaston Browne and Asot Michael 'at daggers drawn'
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, Sept. 29, 2020 – There seems to be no love lost between Prime Minister Gaston Browne and tainted long-tim…
BARBADOS | CXC to review 2020 results says Sir Hillary Beckles
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept. 29, 2020 - Following a wave of protests from students and parents across region, the Caribb…
DIASPORA | Montegonian Michael King new head of NYPD Special V…
NEW YORK, New York, September 10, 2020 - Deputy Police Inspector Michael King, who hails from Montego Bay, Jamaica and who sp…
DIASPORA | Jamaica Diaspora Day of Prayer and Fasting: Its Ori…
BROOKLYN, NY, August 2, 2020 - Despite living thousands of miles away in lands far from Jamaica's shores, members of th…
DIASPORA | US Senate Chaplain to preach at Independence Thanks…
WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2020 - Jamaicans in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) comprising the Washington …
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…
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…
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…
ETHIOPIA | IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement for first review …
Washington, DC – August 21, 2020: “The Ethiopian authorities and IMF team have reached a staff-level agreement on policy…
Somali special forces rescues 33 children kept hostages by ins…
Mogadishu, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) A Somali elite unit freed 33 children in an operation against the armed group Al-Shabab in …
AFRICA | Children in Nigeria and surrounding countries, contin…
Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are continuing to endure brutal abuse at the hands of Boko Haram, and are also being deep…
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…
AFRICA | Mali president Ibrahim Keita resigns after military…
BAMAKO, Mali, August 19, 2020 - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned at about midnight on Tuesday and dissolv…
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month; Vi…
The United Nations says coronavirus-linked hunger is leading to the deaths of 10,000 children a month in the first year of th…
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…
JAMAICA | Detention of Five men under state of Emergency Uncon…
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 18, 2020 - Supreme Court judge Justice Bertram Morrison has ruled that the detention of fiv…
GUYANA | GECOM's CEO Keith Lowenfield to return to Court in Oc…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 12, 2020 – The private criminal charges filed by the ruling People’s Political Party and its al…
JAMAICA | Petrojam ordered to pay dismissed general manager $1…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 10, 2020 - The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has sent a strong signal to companies re…
JAMAICA | Petrojam ordered to pay dismissed general manager $1…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 10, 2020 - The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has sent a strong signal to companies re…
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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 …
JAMAICA | Another COVID death pushes total to 77; 193 new cas…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 25, 2020 - The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Jamaica has increased to 77 after a 58 year …
COVID-19| Protect children from COVID-19: Avoid exposing them …
GRANMA, HAVANA, Cuba Sept. 24, 2020 - Although few children develop complications or die as a result of COVID-19, they …
JAMAICA | Five more COVID-19 deaths,127 new cases
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 22, 2020 - With the Ministry of Health and Wellness recording five more five more COVID-19 relate…
JAMAICA | Three more COVID deaths, 155 new cases In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 21, 2020 - Three additional COVID-19 related deaths in addition to 155 new cases have been record…
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…
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 royalty payment deposited in NRF
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 1, 2020- The second payment for Guyana’s oil and gas royalties has been deposited in the Natural R…
GUYANA | Bringing gas to shore is well advanced says Energy Di…
DPI, Guyana, Monday, May 25, 2020 - As Guyana’s oil and gas sector continues to grow and diversify, Director of the Departmen…
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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