PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, said, Saturday, that his eldest brother, whom he did not name, died at the Scarborough General Hospital, on Friday night. In a brief message, ...
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Courage Keeps Us Alive
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist By now, we have all realized that the world-wide spread of the coronavirus will be with us for much longer than was expected. Millions, throughout the world, watch, helplessly, as the virus rolls across the ...
Read More »St. Lucia Government Extends Hours Of Curfew
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, has announced a three-hour increase in the nightly curfew, here, and blamed St. Lucians, who were still congregating at bars and other public places, despite stringent measures to ...
Read More »Trinidad’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Surpasses 80
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – The number of positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases jumped to 82, today, as health authorities warned, that the next two weeks could prove pivotal, in the fight to prevent the ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Opposition Party Urges Government To Declare Nation-wide State Of Emergency
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – The main opposition, the People’s National Party (PNP), is calling on the Jamaica government to declare a nation-wide State of Emergency (SOE), saying it believes that it is the right legislative vehicle to ...
Read More »Guyana’s Attorney General Says Government Will Abide By Court Ruling On Election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 30, 2020 (CMC) — Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, has maintained that the government of Guyana will respect the rule of law, in the ongoing court matters, relating to the March 2 General ...
Read More »Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, Undergoes Successful Surgery
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has successfully undergone surgery, for an undisclosed illness, according to an official government statement, issued here. Acting Prime Minister, Santia Bradshaw, in a brief statement, on Saturday, announced that ...
Read More »Trinidad Prime Minister Tells Country To “Take Cover” In War Against The Coronavirus
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, urged the twin-island nation, yesterday, to fight the “invisible enemy” of COVID-19. In a message, delivered from his residence, just hours before the implementation ...
Read More »An Open Letter To The Black Community: Coronavirus Is No Respecter Of Ethnicity
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist COVID-19, Coronavirus, “Cora” or “Rona”, as some of you are calling it, is a killer, and it will kill you. Straight up, the virus is no respecter of age, stage, city or ethnicity. I am ...
Read More »Businesses In Dominica To Benefit From Competitiveness And Sustainability Project
ROSEAU, Dominica, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – At least 40 agro-processing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are to benefit from a technical assistance and capacity-building (TACB) program, to enhance their competitiveness and sustainability. The OECS Competitive Business Unit (OECS-CBU), ...
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