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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, September 2, 2021) — President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, argues that the COVID-19 measures the government has implemented, aim to create a safe work environment. He was responding to reports that several workers’ unions have approached the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, September 2, 2021) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, disclosed that additional oxygen concentrators are being procured, to assist in shoring up supplies in the health system. “We are on the path to increasing the number of oxygen ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, September 2, 2021) — Climate Change and Covid-19 were the main issues discussed, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Carla Barnett, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to CARICOM, Jane ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, September 2, 2021) — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulated the government and people of Trinidad and Tobago on the country’s fifty-ninth anniversary of Independence, which it celebrated on Tuesday, August 31. In a congratulatory message to Prime ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, August 20, 2021) — Recognising the vast potential of Guyana and Suriname’s oil and gas sectors, the nations’ presidents, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Chandrikapersad Santokhi, respectively, have indicated that the two countries will jointly strategise to ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, August 20, 2021) — Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, reminded the public that the Barbados Drug Service’s website, drugservice.gov.bb/, where citizens can report any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines, is fully functional. He told the online ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, August 17, 2021) — Guyana’s President, Dr. Mohammed Irfaan Ali, announced, yesterday, that his administration will be distributing over $2.6B in relief measures for ordinary Guyanese. The measures — added to a range of other benefits that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, August 17, 2021) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that public health facilities are under stress from the daily intake of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, said that bed ...

CARICOM, Caribbean (Tuesday, August 17, 2021) — Last week Wednesday, the US government gifted the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with 5.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines. This is the culmination of efforts, initiated by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Dr. Keith ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, August 17, 2021) — Dr Carla Barnett, a Belize-born economist, was installed, yesterday, as the new — and first female — Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Dr. Barnett succeeded Dominican economist, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque — who served ...