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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, October 30, 2020) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, announced that the government will be looking into declaring areas, prone to severe flooding and landslides, as no-build zones. “There are…some communities that shouldn’t be where they are… there ...

ST. JAMES, Barbados (Friday, October 30, 2020) — Residents and businesses in Holetown and Trents, St. James, are now seeing some relief from flooding, thanks to a project, implemented by the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, with assistance from ...

WEST COAST DEMERARA, Guyana (Friday, October 30, 2020) — Prime Minister, retired Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Mark Phillips, yesterday, joined the Islamic community in the observance of Youman Nabi (the birth of Prophet Muhammad), at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, October 30, 2020) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, informed Jamaicans that the preliminary estimate for the damage, caused by the heavy rains that lashed the island recently, is close to $2 billion. “The estimate for flood damage, ...

By Regina Bateson Guest Contributor When Americans vote net Tuesday, the candidates on their ballots will not reflect the diversity of the United States. Despite recent gains, women and people of color still do not run for office as frequently as ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, October 27, 2020) — Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, announced, yesterday, the rehabilitation of Georgetown’s public infrastructure has begun. He made the announcement, during a sideline interview, at the swearing-in ceremony for regional ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, October 27, 2020) — The Barbados government will remove the statue of Lord Nelson, from its location in National Heroes Square, in Bridgetown, on November 16, 2020 — designated as International Day of Tolerance, by the United ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, October 27,2020) — Labour and Social Security Minister, Karl Samuda, says that stringent vetting measures will be implemented in the issuing of work permits to foreign nationals. He said that the Ministry has to ensure that permits ...

By Henry Giroux Guest Writer The 2020 presidential election may be one of the most significant and far-reaching events of the 21st century. The stakes almost defy comprehension — suggestive less of a competition over who will become the president of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, October 27, 2020) — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the country’s forty-first anniversary of Independence, which it celebrates today. Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a ...