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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 20, 2020 (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, says law enforcement officials will be utilising the law, regarding loitering, over the coming weeks, in an attempt to keep people from assembling in large ...

LONDON, England March 20, 2020 (CMC) – A new report, released, here, yesterday, has found that Britain’s Home Office showed “ignorance and thoughtlessness” on the issue of race, in relation to the people, who came from the Caribbean and other ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 20, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago announced, on Wednesday, a series of measures that it hopes will help reduce the anticipated economic impact of the coronavirus on the oil-rich, twin island republic. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 20, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados announced three more cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), yesterday, reiterating that it has no intention of completely shutting down its borders, as it comes to grips with the virus that has been ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 20, 2020 (CMC) – The Commonwealth Observer Group, which monitored the March 2 regional and general elections, here, said it is the clear that the tabulation processes, conducted by the Returning Officer for Region 4, were not ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 20, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica now has 16 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The latest case is a 57-year-old male, with a travel history to New York. He arrived in the island on March ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia March 20, 2020 (CMC) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, has called on all countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to take urgent action to reorganize their ...

GEORGETOWN, Barbados, March 19, 2020 (CMC) – Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Sir Shridath Ramphal, says it is “utterly regrettable” that the independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation, appointed to oversee the recounting of the ballots in the disputed March 2 regional and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – A High Court judge granted an injunction, today, against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), preventing it from carrying out a national recount of votes, from the disputed March 2 regional and general elections. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government announced, yesterday, new measures, including fines not exceeding one million dollars, as well as 12 months imprisonment, as it moves to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Jamaica has ...