NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica March 27, 2020 — The government has received material from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to do about 3,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. Speaking at a digital press conference at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in ...
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Elderly Jamaicans To Benefit Under Government’s COVID-19 Stimulus Package
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 27, 2020 — Senior citizens, 75 years and over, whose livelihood will be affected, based on the order for them to stay home, will be able to access financial assistance, under the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) stimulus package. ...
Read More »Bank Of Jamaica Announces Measures To Maintain Order In Financial System
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 27, 2020 — The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced measures, aimed at maintaining order in the financial system, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Governor, Richard Byles, who noted that Jamaica’s financial system remains sound, ...
Read More »“I Want My Own” Pizza
By Chef Selwyn Richards Culinary Specialist When kids are at that difficult stage, where everything is “mine”, you can make their little hearts go pitter-patter by serving individual pizzas, and letting them choose their own toppings. This thin crust recipe ...
Read More »Congratulations To Dr. Irfaan Ali And His PPP/C In Guyana
The Editor: On behalf of my organization, I wish to extend warmest congratulations to Dr. Irfaan M. Ali and his PPP/C party for their victory in the March 2, 2020 elections in Guyana. We are aware that all the international ...
Read More »Trinidad Records Second Death From COVID-19
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – A second citizen of the twin-island republic has succumbed to COVID-19. In a statement, this morning, the Ministry of Health said the elderly gentleman, had pre-existing medical complications. In ...
Read More »Caribbean Examinations Council Announces New Dates For Regional Exams
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) said, today, that students, sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations this year, will now do so in July, instead ...
Read More »Dominican PM Defends Late Closure Of Airport
ROSEAU, Dominica, March 26, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has defended his administration’s decision to shut down the Douglas-Charles Airport, north of here, last night, as the number of persons, infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), climbed to 11. ...
Read More »Trinidad’s Central Bank Welcomes Initiatives By Commercial Banks
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 26, 2020 (CMC) – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says the proposed payment deferrals, being implemented by banks operating, here, will provide flexibility to customers of financial institutions. The Bankers’ ...
Read More »Trinidad Police Commissioner Closes Down Sub-Station
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 26, 2020 (CMC) – Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, today, ordered the closure of the Arouca Police Station, along the east-west corridor of the twin-island country, after a police officer, with a recent ...
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