Closing our gates to the US and UK would be detrimental to the economy, says PM

March 16, 2020 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Antigua and Barbuda may be faced with the possibility of more imported cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID19), following an admission by Prime Minister Gaston Browne that it would be “consequential economically”, to restrict travel...

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IMF to hold conference call with regional countries on COVID-19

March 11, 2020 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_15226" align="alignright" width="300"] PRIME MINISTER ALLEN CHASTANET[/caption] CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — St Lucia's Prime Minister Allen Chastanet yesterday announced that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold a conference call with regional countries tomorrow to discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that...

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BREAKING: Jamaica confirms first imported case of COVID-19

March 10, 2020 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica today confirmed its first imported case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) here in Kingston. Below is the statement from Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton regarding the patient: The patient is a Jamaican female who had travelled from the United Kingdom,...

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No more wine, holy water at RC Masses

March 06, 2020 in Regional

The Ro­man Church in Trinidad and To­ba­go has ceased serv­ing wine among sev­er­al oth­er pre­cau­tion­ary mea­sures as the threat of the spread of the coro­n­avirus looms large over the Caribbean. Some of the oth­er ma­jor changes tak­ing ef­fect yes­ter­day in­clude Holy Com­mu­nion on­ly be­ing dis­trib­uted in...

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KLM ceases direct flight from St. Maarten for now

March 06, 2020 in Regional

Five months after its reintroduction, Royal Dutch Airlines KLM is ceasing its direct Amsterdam-St. Maarten-Amsterdam flight per the end of this month. Per march 29, KLM will stop in Curaçao on the return flight to Amsterdam. The last direct KLM flight from St. Maarten to Amsterdam...

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