REPATRIATING 5,000 JAMAICANS COULD HIT TAXPAYERS HARD
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 5, 2020 — Taxpayers will fork out $64 million to pay for accommodation and food for 330 Jamaicans stranded overseas by the COVID-19 pandemic who will arrive …
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HIGH-LEVEL TEAM ARRIVES TO SUPERVISE ELECTION RECOUNT; CARICOM CHAIR URGES CREDIBLE, TRANSPARENT PROCESS
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Ahead of the arrival of the high-level Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday, CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley said the National Recount of the …
Read MoreBARBADOS PRIME MINISTER MIA MOTTLEY INTERVIEWED BY CNN’s CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Wednesday, April 29, said she would like to see a global leadership initiative emerging from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, reiterating that the Caribbean and …
Read MoreBARBADOS PM ONE OF 10 PROMINENT GLOBAL ADVOCATES FOR NEW UN ROADMAP TO POST-COVID-19 RECOVERY
Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, is one of 10 prominent global advocates for the new United Nations roadmap to post-COVID-19 recovery. Secretary-General’s report, “Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the …
Read MoreBARBADOS EXTENDS COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY UNTIL END OF JUNE
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados Parliament on Friday extended the COVID-19-triggered State of Public Health Emergency until June 30, but Attorney General Dale Marshall stressed that was not an …
Read More288 COVID-19 CASES IN JAMAICA
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 25, 2020 — Jamaica now has 288 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), with the addition of 31 new cases over the last 24 hours, …
Read MoreJAMAICA’S COVID-19 CASES INCREASE TO 143
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness, on Thursday, April 16, announced that Jamaica now has 143 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. During a virtual …
Read MoreCUBA TESTING VACCINE TO ACTIVATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AGAINST COVID-19
HAVANA, Cuba, April 16, 2020 – The director of research at the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Cuba, Dr. Gerardo Guillen, says a clinical trial is now being …
Read MoreGUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION AGAIN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE OF CARICOM HIGH-LEVEL TEAM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), has written to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, to request the …
Read MoreAFTER PORTUGAL DENIAL, JAMAICANS STRANDED ABOARD SHIP HOPE UK WILL ALLOW ENTRY
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Marella Discovery 2, the cruise ship now home to some 45 Jamaicans stranded at sea, was this weekend denied access to Portugal’s port, The Jamaica Observer reported …
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