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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – The pastor at the New Testament Church of God, Uriah Taylor, was remanded into custody, today, after he pleaded guilty to failing to comply with public health regulations, banning gatherings ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – The Full High Court, today, “stayed” the proceedings in the ongoing matter, in which High Court Judge, Justice Franklin Holder, is hearing an injunction, preventing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 30, 2020 (CMC) – Two bus drivers have been arrested and charged with violating the 2020 Emergency Powers (COVID 19) Regulations, after they were found carrying passengers, in defiance of the social distancing. Police said that ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 27, 2020 — The United States Department of State indicated, yesterday, to Guyana’s Ambassador to the US, Riyad Insanally, “that any government, sworn in, based on flawed results, would not be recognised”. In a social media message, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – One of Jamaica’s icons in the music industry, Bob Andy, died at his Corporate Area home, today. Bob Andy,  born Keith Anderson, was often described as one of the island’s most celebrated songwriters, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said, yesterday, there is no law that caters for party agents to guard ballot boxes, once they are in the custody of the Commission. The main opposition People’s ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana’s disputed coalition government warned, yesterday, it would move to revoke licences of bar owners and other businesses, if they continue to flout regulations, aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia March 27, 2020 (CMC) – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, yesterday, approved additional financing, of US$11.9 million, for the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP), underway in Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, announced, last night, a 10-hour curfew, as Barbados recorded 24 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID). In a radio and television broadcast, the Prime Minister said that the curfew ...

NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica March 27, 2020 — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says the government continues to prepare hospital facilities to accommodate more patients, should there be an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. “In terms ...