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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 12, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government announced, today, it would be establishing a “very innovative loan program” to help small- and medium-sized enterprises survive the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia May 12, 2020 (CMC) – A bi-partisan group of United States lawmakers, today, expressed support for the re-count exercise in Guyana and urged the authorities of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to allow the US-based Carter ...

By Anne Fishel Guest Contributor Across the country an unprecedented number of couples are suddenly spending every waking and sleeping hour of the day with one another. That’s what many older retired couples do too, even when there isn’t a pandemic. ...

By Keisha Jefferies Guest Contributor During the coronavirus pandemic, nurses are among the nation’s front-line workers. Over the years and to this day, the contributions of Black nurses are hard-fought, unrecognized and under-appreciated. Nurses are essential in care delivery, policy directives ...

By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor OTTAWA, Ontario May 12, 2020 — Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced, this morning, additional measures, aimed at helping Canadian seniors, and providing them with greater financial security, in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 12, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announced, yesterday, that there has been an oversubscription of its newest facility, funded by the eleventh European Development Fund (EDF). “The high demand for financing of interventions, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 12, 2020 (CMC) – A police officer was crushed to death, last night, after a tree collapsed on his house in Champ Fleurs, east of here. Police said that Corporal, Joseph Jones, was ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 11, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says the protocol that will facilitate the re-opening of the tourism industry, in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19), is almost complete and will be rolled out, shortly. “It entails ...

By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE”S, Grenada, May 11, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, says the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted economic growth, here, but he remains optimistic that the phased re-opening of the economy ...

BROOKLYN, New York May 11, 2020 (CMC) – A high-ranking United States Democratic Congressman has strongly urged the Donald Trump-led United States government, not to interfere in Guyana’s disputed elections.  The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is currently conducting a countrywide ...