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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 4, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the invitation of the government of St. Kitts-Nevis, has fielded a CARICOM Election Observation Mission, to monitor tomorrow’s general election. According to CARICOM, the three-member Mission will be ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 4, 2020 (CMC). – Jamaica recorded its tenth coronavirus-related death, yesterday. The deceased has been identified as an 87-year-old woman, from the Corporate Area. In addition, one new sample has also tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the country’s ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 4, 2020 (CMC) – The Central Water and Sewerage Authority (CWSA) is urging consumers to pray for at least two days of rain, per week, for the next few weeks, as the multi-island ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, June 4, 2020 (CMC) – A construction worker has died, after a concrete wall collapsed on him, in the southern city of Vieux Fort, the St. Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) has confirmed. SLFS spokeswoman, Stacy Joseph, said ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, June 4, 2020 (CMC) – Haiti continues to record high numbers of positive cases of the coronavirus, with the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country recording 281 cases, over the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Public ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 4, 2020 (CMC) – Education authorities in Barbados have announced that secondary schools will reopen, from June 8, to allow students to complete their Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), School Based Assessments (SBA) and Internal Assessments for Caribbean ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 3, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana has extended the State of Emergency (SOE) — put in place as part of the efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) — to June 17, even as the country ...

Blacks in Montreal have been fighting a pandemic that predates COVID-19: racism by the police. By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist “Racism is traumatic for people of color. Everything that you have to carry around anyway, as a Black person, to ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, June 1, 2020 (CMC) – A political debate, between the leaders of the two main political parties contesting the June 5 general election, will, most likely, not be held, after only the leader of the ...

WASHINGTON, DC June 1, 2020 (CMC) – United States President, Donald J. Trump, has declared June, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, commenting that Caribbean Americans have contributed to the success, spirit, and character of the country. “For generations, their skills, knowledge, ...