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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis  February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Kitts-Nevis Parliament has given the green light to a suite of legislation, aimed at decriminalising marijuana for medicinal purposes, as well as establishing a new authority to oversee the industry. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Health reported, yesterday, that the results for the first patient, who was placed in isolation, have come back negative for the novel Coronavirus (COVID19). The results were received, on Wednesday, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The 11 political parties, contesting the March 2 regional and general elections, have signed the Code of Conduct, developed by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). The Code serves as a mutual agreement on ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – The ruling coalition — A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) — launched its “very ambitious” manifesto, for the March 2 regional and general election, today, indicating that ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14,2020 (CMC) – The Organization of American States (OAS) will be sending an electoral observation mission to Guyana for the general and regional elections, scheduled for March 2.  The announcement was made, yesterday, during a ceremony, held ...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Kelvin Charles, says he will be stepping down from the post, three weeks after he lost the leadership of the People’s National Movement ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is seeking to assure voters that it is working to ensure that the results of the March 2 regional and general election would be made available, in the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has warned Barbadians that they cannot survive in isolation, as she piloted an amendment to existing legislation, on Tuesday night, in keeping with the freedom of movement of Caribbean ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana is receiving assistance from the European Union (EU) for the full implementation of the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which came into force in 2014. Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, addressing the ...

WASHINGTON, DC February. 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is preparing eight Caribbean countries for laboratory diagnosis of new coronavirus (COVID-19). Yesterday, PAHO said that virology experts its Washington-based headquarters have travelled to the ...