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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 15, 2021, Caribbean Director of Guyana’s Department of International Cooperation, Ambassador Forbes July, has bemoaned the lack of financial access for many vulnerable Caribbean countries due to...
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“No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops W…
When Kim Dine took over as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in 2012, he knew he had a serious problem. Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had...
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The Confederate battle flag has long bee…
Confederate soldiers never reached the Capitol during the Civil War. But the Confederate battle flag was flown by rioters in the U.S. Capitol building for the first time ever on...
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JAMAICA | Holness launches Amber/HEART/N…
KINGSTON, January 14, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness today officially launched Jamaica’s first ever Coding Academy through a Amber HEART/NSTA Trust partnership.
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CARICOM | Heads of government start busy…
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Thursday, 14 January 2021 - Heads of Government set the stage for an active start to 2021 for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) when...
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CARICOM IMPACS and the Small Arms Survey…
[CARICOM (IMPACS) - Thursday, 14 January 2021] - The Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) and the Small Arms Survey (SAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
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GUYANA | Guyana Defence Force, US Dept.o…
GEORGETOWN, January 14, 2021 - The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Tuesday signed an Acquisition and Cross-Service Agreement with the United States Department of Defense. The Agreement will facilitate reciprocal...
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Trump impeached for historic second time…
WASHINGTON DC, AP January 14, 2021 - Of the 45 presidencies in America's nearly 245-year history, only Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton suffered impeachment. You may now add Donald Trump...
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Apple launches major new Racial Equity a…
Cupertino, California January 13, 2021 — Apple today announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle...
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GUYANA hires US lobby firm to focus on …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 13, 2021 - Eyebrows are being raised and questions asked, over a revelation by Demerara Waves that the Irfaan Ali administration has hired a US$25,000 dollars a...
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CARICOM | US designation of Cuba as stat…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 13, 2021 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has denounced the unilateral declaration by the outgoing United States administration to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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CARICOM concerned about inequitable acce…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 13, 2020 - As the world grapples with the challenge of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is deeply concerned at the current...
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JAMAICA | HEART Trust/NSTA Merger has Re…
KINGSTON, January 13, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the merger of HEART Trust/NSTA, Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), National Youth Service (NYS), and the Apprenticeship Board...
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PAHO Raised Over US$263 Million In 2020 …
KINGSTON January 13, 2021 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) raised more than US$263 million in donations during 2020, to provide member countries with technical support and supplies to...
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FIRESIDE REASONING with Keith ‘Roughhous…
DORTMUND, Germany, January 4, 2021 – Celebrated Jamaican musician Keith “Roughhouse” Powell, invites you to sit with him by his fireside to ‘hold a reasoning’ with his guest, listen to...
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JAMAICA to explore access to safe vaccin…
KINGSTON, Jamaica January 13, 2021. - The Government, has agreed to begin exploring Jamaica’s access to safe vaccines, outside of the COVAX facility such as China, India and Cuba to...
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Legalizing marijuana, once a pipe dream on Capitol Hill, takes…
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JAMAICA | US cautions travel to Jamaica due to COVID-19
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JAMAICA | JetBlue Begins Non-Stop Flights Into Montego Bay Fro…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, November 23, 2020 - JetBlue Airlines, one of the island’s longstanding airline partners, on Saturday …
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JAMAICA | Phillips pays tribute to Alan Ricards
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BARBADOS | FAO Project Launched to train persons in aquaponics…
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JAMAICA | Basil Waite laments the impending closure of Appleto…
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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…
CARICOM | US designation of Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 13, 2021 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has denounced the unilateral declaration by th…
CARICOM disappointed and concerned over Venezuela statement
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 12, 2021 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is deeply disappointed and concerned a…
CARICOM concerned over violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by Tr…
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CARICOM | Statement by outgoing Chair of CARICOM, Dr. Ralph Go…
GEORGETOWN, December 31, 2020 - The following is the end of year statement by the outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Co…
GUYANA hires US lobby firm to focus on business, democracy, r…
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GUYANA | APNU/AFC defends Guyana's territorial stance against …
GEORGETOWN, Jan. 13, 2021 – Guyana’s Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Amanza Walton Desir has warned the Irfaan Ali adminis…
CUBA is not a sponsor of state terrorism says Gov't
HAVANA, Cuba, January 12, 2021 -The government of the Republic of Cuba has reacted to a statement by US Secretary of State Mi…
CUBA | POMPEO to include Cuba among State sponsors of Terroris…
Washington, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo still plans to include Cuba again in the unilateral list…
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LONDON, United Kingdom, November 28, 2020 – The UK government is under increasing pressure to halt a planned deportation…
JAMAICA | Diaspora Health Professionals mark 25 years of volun…
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, November 25, 2020 - Over the past 25 years, thousands of patients attending the Cornwall Regional…
UNITED STATES | Trump Deported Over 7,100 Caribbean Immigrants
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CUBA | USA suspends private charter flights to Cuba
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Trump impeached for historic second time after Capitol insurre…
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Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks…
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Over four thousand Palestinians detained by Israel in 2020
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UNITED NATIONS | Guterres wants agreement over Ethiopian Nile …
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GUYANA | ICJ to hand down decision in Guyana/Venezuela Border …
THE HAGUE, 10 December 2020. - The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will o…
GUYANA | 26 Haitian nationals released after a grueling month …
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GUYANA | DPP appeals Magistrate’s decision to free Gary Best o…
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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…
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JAMAICA | Fredrick "Toots" Hibbert dead at the age o…
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JAMAICA to explore access to safe vaccines from Cuba, China an…
KINGSTON, Jamaica January 13, 2021. - The Government, has agreed to begin exploring Jamaica’s access to safe va…
CUBA and Iran sign an agreement on COVID-19 vaccine Sovereign …
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US blockade hinders Cuba's access to medical supplies
United Nations, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) Due to the US blockade, Cuba is being denied access to much needed medical supplies in …
Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosqui…
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JAMAICA | Jamaica must transform approach to technology to com…
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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 …
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GUYANA | ExxonMobil makes 18th oil discovery offshore Guyana
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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…
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A forgotten coup in the American heartland echoes Trump
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JAMAICA | NEPA Encourages Beach Operators to get licenced
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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…
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