GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, October 23, 2020) — Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, joined stakeholders and representatives of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in a virtual roundtable discussion, commemorating the launch of the think tank’s in-depth study, “The Guyanese ...
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Feed SubscriptionGuyana Government Announces Removal Of VAT, Free Water For Pensioners Effective This Month
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, October 23, 2020) — As the government continues to deliver on its manifesto promises, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, announced, today, that systems are in place for citizens to have more affordable water. President, Dr. ...
Read More »Guyana’s Attorney-General Describes Last Government’s Land Giveaway As “Organised Crime”; Police, SOCU To Be Called In
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Friday, October 23, 2020) — The PPP/C administration has claimed that the widespread distribution of State lands, by the former coalition government, over the last five years, is a clear case of “organised crime” that must be swiftly ...
Read More »Trinidad’s Ministry Of Family Services Making Progress On Its Promise That No One Will Be Left Behind
PORT-OF-SPAIN Trinidad and Tobago (October 20, 2020) — During a tour of the affected households in Chase Village, last week Saturday, October 17, Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Senator Donna Cox, proclaimed that her Ministry continues to do ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Signs General Framework Agreement With Chile
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Friday, October 23, 2020) — Senator, Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Tuesday, signed the General Framework Agreement for commencement of negotiations of a Partial Scope Trade Agreement, between Trinidad and Tobago ...
Read More »Jamaica Education Ministry Hands Over 213 Tablets To Students In Portland
PORTLAND, Jamaica (Friday, October 23, 2020) — More than 200 students, from four primary schools in Portland, were presented with tablets, yesterday, as the government continued the distribution of devices, under the Tablets in Schools Program. Minister of Education, Youth ...
Read More »Jamaican Health Ministry Puts Measures In Place To Address COVID-19 Cases At Vineyard Town Golden Age Home
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, October 23, 2020) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be closely monitoring the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, over the next 14 to 21 days, as the government puts measures in place to ...
Read More »An Expert In Nonverbal Communication Watched The Trump-Biden Debate With The Sound Turned Down – Here’s What He Saw
By Patrick Stewart Guest Contributor President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on Oct. 22 for the final debate in the 2020 election and, like the first debate, it was unusual. COVID-19 forced social distancing and largely took ...
Read More »Flash Flood Warning Now In Effect For Jamaica’s Eastern And South-Central Parishes
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, October 23, 2020) — The Meteorological Service has upgraded the Flash Flood Watch to a Flash Flood Warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St. Mary, Portland, St. Thomas, Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon, and Manchester. ...
Read More »Pan American Health Organisation Will Only Support Safe, Effective Vaccines
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Thursday, October 22, 2020) — Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity will only support the distribution of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to member countries, that is proven to be safe and effective ...
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