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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, February 25, 2021) — The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) says that youth inclusion is critical to the growth and expansion of the Agriculture and Fisheries sector. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Thursday, February 25, 2021) — “Good morning and welcome to the opening of the Thirty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “At the outset, I would like to ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — Members of the public are being advised that there has been a recent increase in the number of deaths, within the monkey population in South Trinidad. Laboratory testing, by the Caribbean ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — Barbadians are being urged to “fiercely” follow the island’s COVID-19 public health protocols and do not let their guard down, even in informal settings. Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, said ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is hiring more public health workers as part of the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The move to bolster the healthcare team, comes as additional bed ...

Michael L. Van Cooten Publisher/Editor GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — “Four years after attaining its political independence, our country declared itself as a republic and assumed the title of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana,” President Irfaan Ali, reminded ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (Friday, February 19, 2021) — World Trade Organisation (WTO) member-countries made history, on Monday, when the General Council agreed, by consensus, to select Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of Nigeria, as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on ...

NEW JERSEY, United States of America (Friday, February 19, 2021) — Princeton University’s historian and scholar, Dr. Keith Wailoo, joins Dr. Anthony Fauci and others, as a recipient of the 2021 Dan David Prize, an award, endowed by the Dan ...

KINGSTON-ST. ANDREW, Jamaica (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) passed two Resolutions, on Tuesday, to posthumously honour late reggae pioneer, Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, and business mogul, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, with the Keys to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, February 11, 2021) — The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is monitoring the increase in the cost of vegetables, across the country. Several consumers have complained of an almost 100 percent increase in the cost of ...