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KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 9, 2020 (CMC) – Education Minister, Karl Samuda, says steps are being taken to prepare schools, in the event a local outbreak of COVID-19 requires that institutions have to be closed. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica March 9, 2020 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says Jamaica is ready to deal with any impact that could result from the potential outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), locally. Speaking at a meeting of the National Disaster Risk ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 9, 2020 (CMC) – Acting Chief Justice, Roxanne George-Wiltshire, ruled, yesterday, that the High Court has jurisdiction to hear an injunction, filed by a supporter of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). “I am therefore cognizant, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 9, 2020 (CMC) – The governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Ghana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an air services agreement. According to a statement, issued by Prime Minister, Dr. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 9, 2020 (CMC) – The Bar Association of Guyana is calling on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), to ensure that all necessary steps are taken, so that the results of last Monday’s elections can withstand local and ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 7, 2020 (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping, today, called on “the electoral officials in Guyana, and the representative political parties, to work together to achieve a peaceful and lawful completion of the electoral process ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 7, 2020 (CMC) – The acting Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire, said, today, she would deliver a preliminary ruling, tomorrow, in the latest twist to Monday’s elections, for which no clear winner has yet been announced. “This morning, ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 7, 2020 (CMC) – Former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Sir James Mitchell, has called for “common sense” to prevail in Guyana, with respect to the political stalemate, resulting from the ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, March 7, 2020 (CMC) – The Governor of the St. Kitts and Nevis-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says the Eastern Caribbean dollar underscores the “remarkable” achievement of small island States, to survive in a changing ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 7, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) confirmed, today, that an 18-year-old youth had been shot and killed, last night, after he reportedly attacked two police officers with a cutlass. The police reported that Seedat ...