GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has postponed the oral proceedings in the border dispute, between Guyana and Venezuela, that was due to begin on March 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana, the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to have recorded a fatal coronavirus (COVID-19) case, today, announced the closure of its international airports, as well as a ban on self-imposed quarantine, as it ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Looking At Legal Issues Before Ballot Recount Could Start
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said, today, that the recounting of ballots, from the disputed March 2 regional and general election, “would commence, immediately”, after it has conducted the legal examination of the ...
Read More »Caribbean Finance Ministers Meet With IMF To Discuss Aid, In Light Of Coronavirus
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) finance ministers held talks, yesterday, with the Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr. Alejandro Werner, as the region seeks ...
Read More »Barbados Latest CARICOM Country To Record Presence Of Coronavirus
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados government confirmed, today, its first two cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and appealed to nationals not to panic, but follow the measures, outlined, so as to prevent its spread. Health and ...
Read More »Utility Company In Jamaica Wants Government’s Help To Curb Electricity Theft
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 17, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, says it is lobbying the government to put a task force in place, to combat electricity theft in the island. JPS Chief Financial Officer, Vernon Douglas, told ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Says Arrangements Completed For CARICOM To Oversee Election Ballot Recount
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 16, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said, today, that it has completed all the preparatory arrangements for the commencement of the national recount exercise as, agreed to by President, David Granger, and the Opposition ...
Read More »Caribbean Countries In Battle To Deal With COVID-19
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 16, 2020 (CMC) – With Caribbean countries recording at least 40 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, as of today, regional governments have embarked upon various strategies, aimed at limiting the spread of the virus and the possible collapse ...
Read More »Guyana’s President Granger Says CARICOM Initiative Must Operate Within Framework Of Constitution
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 16, 2020 (CMC) – President David Granger has asked the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, to ensure that the CARICOM Initiative operates, within the legal framework of the Constitution of Guyana ...
Read More »Guyana Public Health Authority Wants Passengers On Caribbean Airlines Flight To Contact Them
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 16, 2020 (CMC) – Health authorities, here, today, are urging passengers, who travelled on a flight from New York to Georgetown, on March 12, to get in touch with them, after one of the passengers tested positive ...
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