GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – A High Court judge granted an injunction, today, against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), preventing it from carrying out a national recount of votes, from the disputed March 2 regional and general elections. ...
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Jamaica Government Announces New Stringent Measures To Deal With Coronavirus
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government announced, yesterday, new measures, including fines not exceeding one million dollars, as well as 12 months imprisonment, as it moves to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Jamaica has ...
Read More »Coronavirus Blamed For Postponement Of Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute At International Court Of Justice
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has postponed the oral proceedings in the border dispute, between Guyana and Venezuela, that was due to begin on March 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ...
Read More »Major Hotels To Close Down As St. Lucia Addresses Coronavirus
By Ernie Seon CMC Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Lucia government says three major hotels, operating here, are to close, as the island seeks to address the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on its ...
Read More »Guyana Shuts Down International Airports; Bans Self-Quarantines
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana, the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to have recorded a fatal coronavirus (COVID-19) case, today, announced the closure of its international airports, as well as a ban on self-imposed quarantine, as it ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Looking At Legal Issues Before Ballot Recount Could Start
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said, today, that the recounting of ballots, from the disputed March 2 regional and general election, “would commence, immediately”, after it has conducted the legal examination of the ...
Read More »Caribbean Finance Ministers Meet With IMF To Discuss Aid, In Light Of Coronavirus
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) finance ministers held talks, yesterday, with the Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr. Alejandro Werner, as the region seeks ...
Read More »Barbados Latest CARICOM Country To Record Presence Of Coronavirus
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados government confirmed, today, its first two cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and appealed to nationals not to panic, but follow the measures, outlined, so as to prevent its spread. Health and ...
Read More »Utility Company In Jamaica Wants Government’s Help To Curb Electricity Theft
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, says it is lobbying the government to put a task force in place, to combat electricity theft in the island. JPS Chief Financial Officer, Vernon Douglas, told ...
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