ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 26, 2020 (CMC) – Grenada announced six new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), today, and urged the population to continue to follow the guidelines, outlined by health officials, in a bid to stop the spread of ...
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A Letter From Ontario Premier Doug Ford To Members Of The Media
Dear Members of the Media: I want to take an opportunity to say thank you, to each and every one of you. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, across the world, you have been working around-the-clock to get the public the ...
Read More »St. Kitts-Nevis Records First Cases Of Coronavirus
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, March 26, 2020 (CMC) – St. Kitts-Nevis, the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country not to have recorded a case of the coronavirus in recent days, announced, yesterday, two cases, as a result of the patients having recently ...
Read More »Antigua Shuts Down International Airport To Flights From North America And Europe
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 26, 2020 (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda government says the V.C. Bird International Airport will be closed, to all incoming international commercial air traffic, emanating from North America and Europe, as of midnight, ...
Read More »Jamaicans Warned Against Using “Unknown” Solutions To Wash Hands
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 26, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica health authorities are warning businesses, against spraying customers’ hands with unknown solutions in bottles, prior to allowing them to enter their establishments, in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ...
Read More »British Government Issues Second Warning On Guyana Elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 24, 2020 (CMC) – The British government warned Guyana, today, that “any government sworn in, on the basis of non-credible results, will face strong international condemnation”, as the country still awaits the official results of the March ...
Read More »The End Of Global Travel As We Know It: An Opportunity For Sustainable Tourism
By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles Guest Contributor Saturday, March 14 2020, is “The Day the World Stopped Travelling”, in the words of Rifat Ali, head of travel analytics company Skift. That’s a little dramatic, perhaps, but every day since, has brought us closer ...
Read More »Exercise Your Way To A Better Relationship
By Scott Lear Guest Contributor Want to spice up your relationship for Valentine’s Day? Or maybe even start a new one off on the right foot? Go on an exercise date. Exercise has a lot of health benefits and can ...
Read More »Caribbean Urged To Ensure Inclusion Of Persons With Disabilities In Fight Against COVID-19
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Special Rapporteur on Disability, Dr. Floyd Morris, is calling on regional governments to ensure that special measures are put in place, to protect persons with disabilities against the coronavirus ...
Read More »Caribbean Urged To Develop Strategies For Food Security Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic provides a situation for the Caribbean to develop food security strategies, and greater efforts ...
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