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Jamaica Failing To Cope With Plastic Waste

Jamaica Failing To Cope With Plastic Waste

By Kate Chappell Guest Contributor KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 20 2021 (IPS) — For decades, every time it rains, heavily, in Jamaica, a daunting deluge of plastic bottles and bags, styrofoam and other garbage trundles its way down a network of ...

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Mode Of Trial In GECOM Officials Court Case Still To Be Decided

Mode Of Trial In GECOM Officials Court Case Still To Be Decided

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, January 19, 2021) — The court proceedings, involving Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield, Region Four District Returning Officer, Mortimer Mingo, and PNCR Executive, Volda Lawrence, for their alleged criminal conduct during the elections period, may take some ...

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Jamaica Government Seeking To Improve Shiprider Agreement With US

Jamaica Government Seeking To Improve Shiprider Agreement With US

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, January 19, 2021) — Enhanced operating protocols and procedures have been proposed to improve the implementation of the Shiprider Agreement, between the United States and Jamaica, under which, both countries cooperate to curtail illicit maritime drug trafficking. ...

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Barbados To Launch Rapid Test System For US And UK Entry

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, January 19, 2021) — The Barbados government has announced that, starting from January 26, 2021, the United States will require travellers to present a negative COVID-19 test for entry into the country. Rapid tests are being accepted ...

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