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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Wednesday, December 23, 2020) — As citizens prepare for the festive season, the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reminding citizens that hand sanitisers should not be used near open flames, as they are flammable. “Recommended sanitisers are usually ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Wednesday, December 23, 2020) — The Ministry of Health said, on Monday, it has noted, with great concern, the recent developments, announced by the Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization, relating to a new strain of the ...

By Kate Chappell Guest Contributor KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, December 17, 2020) IPS — In Jamaica, school playgrounds are deserted, filled only with phantom shrieks of delight. Blackboards remain devoid of arithmetic and uniforms hang wrinkle-free in closets. When the first ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — With the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic expected to spill over into the new year, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis has taken the proactive decision to extend nine of the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, has reiterated that moral and ethical global leadership is most urgently needed, which can make a real difference in the lives of people. Mottley expressed this view, on ...

ST. JAMES, Jamaica (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that the western parishes — St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover — are helping to drive the uptick in the cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (Thursday, December 17, 2020) – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved, today, the US$25 million Grenada COVID-19 Crisis Response and Fiscal Management Development Policy Credit. This quick-disbursing financing will support the country’s efforts to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — The government will be strengthening the laws to address investment fraud, as the lack of such legislation has impeded prosecution of the largest Ponzi scheme operators in the country, disclosed Attorney General and ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — Attorney-General, Dale Marshall, has promised to continue the Mia Mottley-led government’s efforts to fight against corruption. Marshall, who is also the island-nation’s Minister of Legal Affairs, gave this commitment, recently, during a virtual ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Tuesday, December 8, 2020) — Minister of National Security, Stuart R. Young; and Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Senator Dr. Amery Browne, met last Friday, with their Venezuelan counterparts, Minister of Defence, Admiral ...