GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana electoral officials were, resuming the task of the tabulation exercise in Region 4, yet again, today, after the High Court dealt with a motion of contempt, filed by the opposition People’s Progressive ...
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CARICOM Delegation Leaves Guyana After Meeting With Political Leaders
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – A five-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime ministerial delegation left here, yesterday, after holding talks with the leaders of the two main political organisations, as Guyana continues to await the results of its recent, ...
Read More »Grenada’s Commissioner Of Prisons Suspends Visitation For Inmates
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Grenada’s Superintendent of Police, John Mitchell, announced, yesterday, that inmates, at the Richmond Hill Prison, will be not be allowed visits from family and friends, nor have will there be Church visitation, ...
Read More »Antigua Records First Case Of Coronavirus
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, announced, today, that the twin-island country had recorded its first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), following other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, such as Jamaica, Trinidad and ...
Read More »Jamaica Records Six More Cases Of Coronavirus; Closing Consulate Offices In New York, Washington And London
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica, where the first two cases of the coronavirus (COVID) was detected, earlier this week, reported, today, an additional six new cases, bringing the total number to eight. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr ...
Read More »Trinidad Records First Case Of The Coronavirus
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago confirmed, yesterday, it had recorded its first “importer case” of the coronavirus (COVID-19), after a resident, who had returned from Switzerland, on Monday, tested positive. Health ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines’ Crew In Self-Quarantine After Guyana COVID-19 Case
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), says 13 crew members have been placed in self-quarantine for 14 days, following reports that a passenger tested positive for COVID-19, at a health ...
Read More »University Of The West Indies Suspends Face-To-Face Classes At Mona Campus, Due To Coronavirus
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hilary Beckles, has announced the suspension of “all face-to-face teaching” at the Mona campus, here, until April 14, as the region ...
Read More »Region Four Tabulation Exercise For Guyana Election Results To Resume Today
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says the tabulation exercise in Region 4, as ordered by the High Court, will resume, today, as the country still awaits the official results of the March 2 ...
Read More »Guyana Closes All Schools For Two-Week Period
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 13, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana, which, earlier this week, recorded its first positive case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), has ordered all schools in the country closed. In a brief statement, the Ministry of Education said it “wishes ...
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