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KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 15, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica has recorded its fifth coronavirus death, a 63-year-old woman, from the eastern parish of Portland. The announcement was made, yesterday, shortly after the Health Ministry reported 32 additional COVID-19 cases, in 24 ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 15, 2020 (CMC) – The Director of Research at the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, here, Dr. Gerardo Guillen, says a clinical trial is now being held for a vaccine, aimed at activating the immune system, ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 15, 2020 (CMC) – The vacant seat of Leader of the Opposition was filled, yesterday, for the first time since 2013, with the appointment of Tobias Clement, a former member of the ruling New National Party ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April15. 2020 (CMC) — A 52-year-old man, today, became the fifth person to die from COVID-19 in the country. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anton Best, in making the announcement, extended condolences to the man’s family and friends. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 14, 2020 (CMC) – A revised, vote-recount plan, prepared by  GECOM Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, is supposed to be presented to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), tomorrow, when the Commission meets again. It should have been submitted ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 14, 2020 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet, tomorrow, to discuss the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the region, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced. Mottley, who is also the Chair of the ...

By Ivelaw L. Griffith Guest Contributor This year electoral winds will blow across eight nations in Latin America and the Caribbean — Belize, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 14, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN) says, during the first half of the dry season, there is a clear distinction, between the wetter northern and drier southern islands of the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 14, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Agriculture says that it will be spending J$100-million on a program, aimed at mitigating the impact of drought on farmers, and to gain at least a five percent growth in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 11, 2020 (CMC) – Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor McKenzie, says the country will not be using the anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat persons, who have contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19). ...