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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Everald Warmington, says several legislative amendments are being undertaken to support the implementation of an electronic land registration system. Making his ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, May 7, 2021) — A total of $321 million has been earmarked, under the Government’s Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine Program for Jamaica (SERVE), to purchase digital devices for students in need. The devices, to be ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has divulged that auditors have found over $1 billion in expired medications and medical and diagnostic supplies at regional bonds. Minister Anthony, who was speaking during a ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, May 7, 2021) — President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has said the best option of Guyana exiting the COVID-19 pandemic is vaccination, and is imploring Guyanese to get immunised against the deadly disease. The President made the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, May 7, 2021) — The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) will be monitoring the psychological health of students, who were affected by the COVID-19 scare at two public schools. Acting Chief Education Officer, Joy ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Although a student has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Princess Margaret Secondary School, and another student at the St. George Primary School has been placed in quarantine, awaiting a second COVID-19 result, ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Friday,April 30, 2021) — Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health, joined health officials, from around the region, in the webinar “Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic”. The seminar, which was hosted by the Pan American Health Organization ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, April 30, 2021) — When the government is ready to award new oil blocks, the process will be done, transparently, to ensure that the best offer is received, promised President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, adding that his administration ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, April 30, 2021) — The government has approved the expansion of allowable foreign assets, in which domestic capital and financial market intermediaries can invest, effective today. These are corporate, foreign-currency debt instruments, issued by entities incorporated in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Wednesday, April 21, 2021) — Guyana is one step closer to achieving herd immunity, having reached a landmark, with over 100,000 persons inoculated against COVID-19, as of Tuesday, declared Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, during today’s COVID-19 ...