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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 8, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), says there is “significant concern”, at least until the end of May, over the impacts on large rivers and reservoirs, as well as groundwater ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, May 8, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says schools — which have been closed as part of the lockdown of the island, in keeping with the efforts to curb ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 8, 2020 (CMC) – Proman, the Switzerland-based company that is involved in natural gas-derived products and services, says it is suspending operations at one of its plants in Trinidad and Tobago, as it ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – Prominent Jamaica-born jurist, Justice Patrick Robinson, has been elected Honorary President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). Robinson, 74, who is a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), will ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, says his administration will not accept an eight million dollar proposal, from the Dominica Social Security (DSS), that would have been used to assist people, who have lost their ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says there is likely to be a 20 percent economic contraction, across the sub-region, as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – Several senior executive members of the University of the West Indies (UWI), on Monday, committed themselves to donating a percentage of their salaries, for the next three months, towards a student hardship fund. ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says he has not given “any real thought to the altered targets for elections”, amid concerns that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may have altered ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – St. Lucian Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, urged businesses and individuals to make the transition towards a digital future. “The digital economy gives us the opportunity to spur economic growth, enhance national security, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says the island-wide curfew, which would have ended tomorrow, has now been extended to May 13, as the country continues to observe measures, aimed at containing the spread of the ...