By Emily Waugh Guest Contributor Many Canadians have turned to home renovations to find space — both literally and metaphorically — after a year of working, learning, exercising and doing just about everything else from home. As we head into spring ...
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OTTAWA, Ontario Friday, April 16, 2021) — National home sales set another all-time record in March 2021, increasing by 5.2 percent over February, in spite of an increase in listings, according to statistics released, yesterday, by the Canadian Real Estate ...
Read More »Trinidad Sends Disaster Relief Supplies To St. Vincent
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Thursday, April 15,2021) — The Ministry of National Security is coordinating efforts to render support to St. Vincent, in light of the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano. Through coordination — between the Office of Disaster ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Extends DRM Orders And Adjusts Weekend Curfew Restrictions
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, April 15, 2021) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a three-week extension to the measures, under the Disaster Risk Management Act that will now expire on May 4, 2021. Speaking, on Tuesday, in Parliament, Prime Minister ...
Read More »Jamaican Government Committed To Developing Entertainment Industry
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, April 15, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, announced that his administration plans to invest in the entertainment industry. Addressing Parliament, on Tuesday, the Prime Minister also encouraged major stakeholders in the industry to join the government, ...
Read More »First Lady Unveils $25M “Welcome To Guyana” Sign At Cheddi Jagan International Airport
TIMEHRI, Guyana (Thursday, April 14, 2021) — A new signature landmark, a 20-foot “Welcome to Guyana” sign, has been erected, at the roundabout, near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). The project — which also includes the placement of 100 hanging ...
Read More »Barbados Relaxing Quarantine Requirements From May 8
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, April 15, 2021) — Vaccinated travellers entering Barbados will only be made to quarantine, pending the results of one locally-administered COVID-19 PCR test, beginning from Saturday, May 8 — which could result in a quarantine period, as little ...
Read More »Update On Trinidad Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Positive Test
TOBAGO, Trinidad and Tobago (Wednesday, April 14, 2021) — Today marks nine days since Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, has been quarantined, for 14 days, since he first showed symptoms, last week Monday night. On Monday morning, he was swabbed ...
Read More »Shooting Death Of Daunte Wright: Minneapolis Police Trigger Happy Or Plain Sloppy?
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist When will the echo No Justice! No Peace! cease? Just when the entire world was beginning to grasp (even if momentarily) intricacies of policing — the difference between position and disposition; use of excessive force; ...
Read More »St. Vincent’s Volcano Ash Plumes Could Impact Barbados For Up To A Year; Airport And Bridgetown Port Remains Closed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, April 13, 2021) — With the recent explosions and destruction of the La Soufrière volcano’s dome in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a large volume of ash plumes reached Barbados, resulting in the closure of the Grantley ...
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