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KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 28, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica police said a father, and his 18-year-old daughter, were among six people killed, during a 24 hour period in the country. They said that 49-year-old security guard, Vanley Kerr and his daughter, ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, February 28, 2020 (CMC) – A High Court judge has ordered the state to pay eight million dollars in compensation, to two prisoners, who were incarcerated for decades, on the grounds that they were unfit to plead, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 28, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados has joined several other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, in advising nationals against travelling to China and South Korea, unless absolutely necessary. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said the recommendation follows a ...

WASHINGTON, DC February 27, 2020 (CMC) – The Organization of American States (OAS) says its Chief of Mission, former Jamaica Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, arrived in Guyana, Wednesday, to observe the March 2 General and Regional Elections. The OAS said ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 27, 2020 (CMC) – The police have been instructed to charge former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Gary Best, with causing death by dangerous driving and driving a motor vehicle, while his breath ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 27, 2020 (CMC) – The government of Guyana has declared Monday, March 2 – the day designated for the holding of General and Regional Elections across the country — a public holiday. Vice President and Minister of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 27, 2020 (CMC) – Health authorities in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have imposed more travel restrictions on four more countries, which have cases of COVID-19. During a press conference, today, Jamaica’s Minister of Health, Dr. Christopher ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 25, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it is focused on ensuring the highest standard of safety in the petroleum trade, after one person was killed, following an explosion and fire that damaged a gas station ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 25, 2020 (CMC) – Former Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, is heading an 11-member Commonwealth Observer Group that will monitor the March 2 regional and general elections, here. The Commonwealth Observer Group is among several regional and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 25, 2020 (CMC) – St. Lucia-born attorney, Cynthia Cleopatra Combie Martyr, is heading a 14-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observer Mission (GEOM) that will monitor the March 2 regional and general elections in Guyana. The Guyana-based CARICOM ...