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Jamaican Govt quarantines communities in St. Mary due to COVID-19 due to spike in positives

#Jamaica – May 7, 2020 — The Ministry of Health and Wellness in collaboration with the National Emergency Operating Centre at the...

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Liberty Latin America COVID-19 Employee Fund to be managed by C&W Charitable Foundation

#Denver, Colorado – May 4, 2020: Liberty Latin America Ltd. (“Liberty Latin America” or “LLA”) (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB),...

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Sandals Foundation donates $31.5 million to all 63 Jamaica MPs

#KINGSTON, Jamaica – May 6 (JIS): Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, through the Sandals Foundation, has donated $500,000...

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JAMAICA: ST. ANN TEACHER EXTENDS HELPING HAND

#MONTEGO BAY, May 5 (JIS): St. Ann educator, Beverly Grant Ellis, has been extending a helping hand to needy families and...

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Gov’t to foot $64-million bill for Jamaicans returning home TODAY

#KINGSTON, May 5 (JIS): The Government will absorb the entire cost of approximately $64 million for the mandatory State quarantining of nationals...

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Elizabeth Riley appointed Executive Director (Acting) of CDEMA

#Barbados, May 1, 2020 (CDEMA) – The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honorable Ralph...

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CARPHA urges Member States to continue vaccine coverage while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

#Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 29 April 2020. Although there is no vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccinations against...

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CCRIF to Provide up to US$150,000 in Scholarships for Academic Year 2020/21 to Caribbean Nationals

#Caribbean – April 30, 2020 — CCRIF SPC invites applications for scholarships for 2020/21 to support students pursuing Masters level degree programmes...