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By Nelson A. King CMC Feature Writer SANTIAGO, Chile, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – In light of women’s greater exposure, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has called on regional governments, to guarantee women’s rights, in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) has announced that it is working to mitigate the threats, arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, that has affected all CARICOM member states. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 8, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana’s Chief Traffic Officer, Linden Isles, says the traffic department of the country’s police force, is working, assiduously, to enforce the public transportation restrictions, outlined by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, in order ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 8, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has announced that the government will extend the current, island-wide, nightly curfew. Other measures to address the COVID19 pandemic, including working from home, closure of the island’s borders, and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica April 8, 2020 — Approximately 4,500 persons, who travelled to Jamaica, between March 18 and 24, have reported to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, announced Portfolio Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, during a digital press conference from his ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 8, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, has submitted a procedural proposal that includes a timeline of 156 days, to complete a recount of all the ballots cast, in the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 8, 2020 (CMC) – The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) St. Augustine Campus, in Trinidad and Tobago, is mourning the death of a former member of the Medical Sciences Faculty, Dr. Waveney ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 8, 2020 (CMC) – Komal Chand, a veteran trade unionist and parliamentarian for the People’s Progressive Party-C (PPP-C), died, yesterday, in Cuba. Up to the time of his death, Chand, who was 75, was President of the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 7, 2020 (CMC) – Leader of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Dr. Peter Phillips, is currently on leave, following a diagnosis of stage three colon cancer. In a statement, today, the party said that the ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, April 7, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says his administration plans to bring home Vincentian sailors, who have been stranded on cruise and other ships, due to the coronavirus pandemic.  “There ...