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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 16, 2020 — Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on a way forward in the Community’s battle against the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Special …
Read MoreHAVANA, 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 More(EDITOR’S NOTE: James Catalyn, who died on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at the age of 78, was a playwright, poet and actor, best known for his theater troupe, James Catalyn …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas, April 15, 2020 — As Member States of the Caribbean Community CARICOM) continue their fight against the COVID-19 and its impact of lives and livelihoods, CARICOM Chairman Prime …
Read MoreGEORGETOWN, 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 MoreWASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2020 – Haiti is among 25 countries that the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an immediate debt relief. The other countries …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C., April 13, 2020 – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a District of Columbia Telephone Town Hall on Tuesday, April 14, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. …
Read MoreMIAMI, Florida — Carnival Cruise Line announced Monday it is canceling all U.S. cruises through June 26, th Miami Herald reported on Monday, April 13. The company previously said it …
Read MoreKINGSTON, 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 …
Read MoreHAVANA, Cuba, April 13, 2020 (Prensa Latina) — Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez asserted the US administration lies about the island’s medical cooperation in a fruitless effort to malign it …
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