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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 23, 2020 (CMC) – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says customers in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) will benefit from a six month moratorium on the repayment of loans as a result of their ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 23, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government announced, today, a multi-billion dollar package, including a TT$1,500 monthly payment to unemployed persons, for the next three months, as the twin-island republic deals ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 23, 2020 (CMC) – Governor General, Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac, declared a state of emergency in St. Lucia, today, saying that he is “satisfied that a public emergency has arisen”, as a result of the coronavirus ...

Akebe Luther King Abia Guest Contributor The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has taken the world by surprise. The good news is that tremendous scientific and technological advances have permitted scientists ...

By Ifeanyi Nsofor Guest Contributor ABUJA, Nigeria March 23, 2020 (IPS) –– The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is now a pandemic, and the World Health Organization (WHO) considers Europe as its new epicenter. Italy, Spain and France are on lockdown, and several ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist It is indeed frightening to see the extent, to which the coronavirus has affected everyday life around the world. It has brought the whole universe to its knees. For the first time, in recent memory, ...

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 23, 2020 (CMC) – A High Court judge, today, sentenced a former senior pilot with Caribbean Helicopters, Colin Murraine, to a lengthy jail term, after he was found guilty of drug trafficking offences. Justice, Stanley ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, March 23, 2020 (CMC) – A Magistrate’s Court, today, granted an application for an individual in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to be placed in mandatory quarantine, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kingstown Magistrate’s Court ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, March 23, 2020 (CMC) – Less than 24 hours after announcing its first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Dominican health authorities reported, today, that a 51-year-old man had become the island’s second positive case. The Ministry of Health, ...