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Guyana to reopen airports on October 12 to commercial flights
The Guyana Government has taken a decision to reopen its two international airports for scheduled commercial flights commencing Oct. 12.
The decision was taken during...
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to be cured of HIV, dies
Antigua News Room
It is with a profoundly heavy heart that IAS – the International AIDS Society – today mourns the passing of Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to be cured of HIV.
Known...
Man pleads guilty to having sex with dead COVID-19 patient in Guyana
Fifty-year-old Leroy Chacon of Trainline Port Kaituma, North West District Guyana was charged on Tuesday for trespassing with the intent to commit a sexual...
PAHO Advises Region to Manage Dengue Outbreaks and Save Lives
Antigua News Room
The Pan American Health Organization Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, Dr. Yitades Gebre, is urging ministries of health and...
GUYANA-Man charged after caught having sex with woman who died from COVID
A 50-year-old Port Kaituma, North West District man was arrested on Saturday last after he was caught having intercourse with a woman who died...
Statement by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on the July...
Statement by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on the July 2020 Regional Examinations:
Concerns raised in the public domain with respect...
CDB Approves Grant to Enhance Remote Learning for UWI Students
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound challenges in education, as many young people who lack technological devices and internet access are being left behind...
BARBADOS: CXC resisting grade investigation
Educators are calling on the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) to investigate the alarming results for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary...
PAHO urges countries to plan early for COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce deaths
Countries should not wait for a COVID-19 vaccine to be developed before they start planning and preparing for its arrival, Pan American Health Organization...
JAMAICA: Businessman Says COVID Isn’t Night Predator
The Jamaican Government has been urged to extend the islandwide curfew to 10 p.m. because small and micro businesses were suffering disproportionately from the...
PAHO reports more than 60,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in pregnant women, with 458...
Since the first cases of COVID-19 in the Americas, 60,458 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported among pregnant women, including 458 deaths, or 1%,...
BBC journalist ask Barbados PM if people should be ‘allowed’ to be gay
A BBC journalist asked the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, if people should be “allowed” to be gay – and she did not...
Dominica Electricity Company makes first profit since hurricane damage in 2017
(CMC) — The Dominica Electricity Company (DOMLEC) today reported a profit of more than a million dollars (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) after having recorded...