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KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – The government of the United States has pledged US$700,000 to the government of Jamaica, to help in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak across the island. According to the United States Agency for ...

By Charles Mwewa Guest Contributor The sooner the sun rises and sets, someone has died Like vapor they go, with or without having goodbyed There’s no funeral home, no morgue to contain them There’s yelling for grandpa, for little Moses, ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Last Thursday, March 26, was the 124th birthday of my beloved grandmother, who raised me, from I was three-years-old. If she was alive today, she would be heard saying, “Out of evil, cometh forth good.” While ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced, today, that it will be requesting the return of the high-level CARICOM team, to give validation to the national recount of votes. In a statement, GECOM said, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – Health Minister, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, has sought to assure the country that there is no shortage of ventilators, despite the fact that a shipment of ventilators, destined for the island from the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, has announced that the 24-hour curfew, imposed on St. Lucia, in the battle against COVID-19, will be reduced, while a system of zoning will also be introduced and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government said, today, it would urge the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to await a request from Guyana, on any new development regarding the disputed March 2 ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia April 6, 2020 — Scary times are upon us. We’re staying indoors, watching the news 24/7, and we’re afraid. Everyone around us is afraid. That’s because fear is super-contagious. As the world struggles with fear, Karen McGregor, ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – Regional carrier, LIAT, has suspended all passenger flights, for two weeks, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, issued last Friday, the regional airline announced that, during the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 6, 2020 (CMC) – The European Union (EU) is providing a grant of €8million — US$8.6 million — to help the Caribbean fight the coronavirus pandemic. In a release, today, the EU said that the funds will ...