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EAST BANK DEMERARA, Guyana (Tuesday, November 2, 2021) –– Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, who, last Friday evening, was performing the functions of President, said that Diwali serves as more than a cultural symbol of light, where good overcomes evil. The ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 2, 2021) — Postmaster General, Lincoln Allen, says plans are in place to transform the postal service, making it more efficient, profitable and customer centric. He said through its nine strategic objectives, Jamaica Post has commenced ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Thursday, October 28, 2021) — Jamaica is slated to get another 370,000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, through the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. The provision, which is expected to arrive in the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, October 28, 2021) — The marine patrol capability of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will soon be enhanced, with the establishment of a marine unit in East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six), to protect Guyana’s borders and deter piracy. ...

TUNAPUNA, Trinidad and Tobago (Thursday, October 28,2021) — One hundred and six years and counting, Marjorie Primrose Roach credits her longevity to her faith in God. To celebrate Roach’s new milestone, Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Senator Donna ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, October 28,2021) — Forty-two-year veteran of the Royal Barbados Police Force, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Richard Boyce, will become Barbados’ next Commissioner of Police, next Monday, November 1. Governor General, Sandra Mason, acting on the advice of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (October 28, 2021) — A total of 376 out of a total of 759 primary schools will reopen for face-to-face classes, beginning on Monday, November 8 — affecting 45,390 students and approximately 2,520 teachers. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, ...

REGION FIVE, Guyana (Thursday, October 14, 2021) — Some 2,018 pensioners in Region Five have benefitted from the government’s $25,000 one-off cash grant, which is geared at cushioning the financial burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Human Services and ...

BRIDGETOWN Barbados (Thursday October 14, 2021) — Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, is firmly of the view that substantive business activity and trade can come to the people of Barbados and Kenya in the future. Mottley expressed this view, on ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, October 14, 2021) — Approximately 350,000 Jamaicans are expected to benefit from new grants, under the government’s COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Program, which is being expanded with a further budgetary allocation of $5.3 billion. ...