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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 11, 2020 (CMC) – Hours after warning residents, not to hold any COVID-19 quarantine parties, Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, led a bust at one such event, early Thursday, and has warned that flouting ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica April 11, 2020 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, revealed that the government is considering reopening the island’s ports, for the controlled re-entry of Jamaicans, who have been stranded, overseas. The country closed its borders to incoming passengers on ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 11, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Public Health is exploring the use of rapid-testing, as well as medications for COIVD-19 patients, following advice from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Top health officials, here, held discussions ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 10, 2020, (CMC) – The Organization of American States (OAS) says governments of the 33 countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, that are part of the Inter-American Network on Government Procurement (INGP), will have access to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 10, 2020 (CMC) – Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, has been tasked with revising his 156-day, draft work plan for the national recount of the ballots from the recent, delayed ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – The government has adjusted the curfew Order for Jamaica, aimed at further reducing the transmission of COVID-19, Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, announced Wednesday. “The Easter period presents us the perfect opportunity to slow ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 10, 2020 (CMC) – A fourth person has died from COVID-19 in Barbados. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported that the deceased is a 57-year-old, diabetic female, who was infected by a known case, who had ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – The main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C) has proffered that a national recount of votes, from the March 2 general and regional elections, can be done in 10 days, and would not ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – Parliament, late Tuesday, passed amendments to the nation’s public health law, legislating fines of up to EC$2,000, for each day that a COVID-19 quarantine is breached. Minister of Health, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergency situation in the twin-island republic — where it is based — and in the ...