GENEVA, Switzerland May 1, 2020 (CMC) – United Nations human rights experts have called on the United States to urgently lift its long-standing trade and economic embargo against Cuba, or risk many lives being lost to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ...
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Feed SubscriptionIt Is No Ruse; Men Are Also The Victims Of Domestic Abuse
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Permit me to address a matter that is somewhat controversial and one, which also runs the risk of being viewed as adversarial. Domestic violence against men remains a real phenomenon, and yet, in 2020, we ...
Read More »Curfew Lifted In St. Catherine, As Jamaica Records Eighth COVID-19 Death
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 1, 2020 (CMC) – The 24-hour curfew, imposed on St. Catherine after a cluster of COVID-19 cases at a call centre in the southeastern parish, was lifted, today, even as residents were cautioned, they were still required ...
Read More »Job Restoration High On Agenda Of Jamaica’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force
KINGSTON, Jamaica April 30, 2020 — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Nigel Clarke, says the newly-established COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force will be working, assiduously, to ensure the restoration of jobs, lost as a result of the ...
Read More »One Of Four Prison Escapees Recaptured In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 30, 2020 (CMC) – One of the four prisoners, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison holding bay area, on April 19, has been recaptured. The other three remain on the run. Sasenarine Bisnauth, a resident of Tuschen, ...
Read More »Veteran Grenadian Broadcaster Found Dead In His Apartment
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 28, 2020 (CMC) – The media fraternity, here, was thrown into mourning, after veteran broadcaster and media owner, George Grant, died, yesterday. A spokesman for the Otway/Bailey funeral home, confirmed to The New Today, that Grant ...
Read More »Patience Is A Virtue That Carries A Lot Of Wait
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” — Ralph Waldo Emerson By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist In a world, where instant gratification is expected, being patient is almost seen as a last resort. However, it is in the ...
Read More »Executive Director Of The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Leaves Post, After Seven Years
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 28, 2020 (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says its Executive Director, Ronald Jackson, is leaving the post, after seven years “of unwavering and exemplary service to the region”. The Agency announced that ...
Read More »Trinidad Government Projects Billions Of Dollars In Losses, Due To Fall In Oil And Gas Prices
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 28, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government disclosed, yesterday, that it expects to lose revenue, in excess of nine billion dollars, as a result of the dramatic decline in oil and ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines Launches Cargo Charter Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 28, 2020 — Caribbean Airlines has introduced cargo charter services, to support supply chains, within the Caribbean region, the regional airline announced, in a statement, yesterday. The airline launched this new option to ...
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