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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, March 16, 2021) — The government of Jamaica has received a shipment of 14,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, under the COVAX Facility. Jamaica is the first country in the Caribbean to obtain vaccines, procured through COVAX. Minister ...

ST. JOHN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 16, 2021) — A large, overgrown area of land at Bath, St. John, will soon be fully transformed into agricultural production, with the help of the Rastafarian community, allowing them to play a lead role ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, March 16, 2021) — Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, proclaimed, yesterday morning, that the government remains committed to promoting peace and unity, at home among its diverse population, and at the international level. The Prime Minister made these ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 16, 2021) — As Barbados prepared for the reopening of commercial and retail sectors, yesterday, Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, called on residents and companies to ensure that they comply with all COVID-19 protocols. During an ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — After an extremely difficult year, in which the economies of its 19 Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) contracted by 12.8%, on average, due to the onset of Covid-19, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Women must keep striving for success and sit at the table, where decisions are made, advised Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Senator Donna Cox. She stated her firm belief ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Having gender-sensitive policies is an important consideration for ministries of finance in setting budgets, meeting fiscal targets and allocating resources. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, made this ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — Following the publication of an article in the Trinidad Guardian on March 7, with details obtained from an interview with Senator Franklin Khan, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) — ...

TIMEHRI, Guyana (Monday, March 8, 2021) — Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, expressed gratitude to the Indian government, for its donation to Guyana, of 80,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – Covishield, which were produced in India. The vaccines arrived at ...

EAST BANK DEMERARA, Guyana (Sunday, March 7, 2021) — Thirty-five-year-old Germaine Othello Lupe, also popularly known as Bruno, died — suddenly and unexpectedly — in his sleep, of “heart failure”, on Monday, February 22, at his home in New Hope, ...