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UWI’s leadership gives percentage of salaries to student fund

Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Saturday, May 02, 2020. The senior executive leadership of The University of the West Indies (The UWI)—the Vice-Chancellor, Campus Principals, Pro Vice-Chancellors, University Bursar and University Registrar—have all committed to allocating a percentage of their salaries for…

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Announcement of Winners: Inaugural CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) Regional Secondary School Essay Writing Competition 2019-2020

By Justice Christopher Blackman CARICOM Competition Commission Monday, May 4, 2020 — The CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) is pleased to announce the winners of its Inaugural Regional Secondary School Essay Competition, which concluded on 31st March 2020. The competition was a…

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Quotable Caribbean – May 4, 2020

“… we need to ensure that the Caribbean does not remain invisible and dispensable, nor the South Pacific. And if our voices have to be spoken over and over and over to make this point, we shall not tire to…

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OPINION: Understanding the Second and perhaps the Third Wave

By Nathan ‘Jolly’ Green, May 4, 2020 We have all heard of the saying “history always repeats itself.” Well the COVID 19 virus is a pandemic, just like the Spanish Flu of 1918 was a pandemic. Like today, in Britain,…

TCI: Lockdown over on Monday (4)

From Turks and Caicos Weekly News THE TURKS and Caicos Islands will no longer be on lockdown and will undergo a “phased reopening” from Monday (May 4). Beaches, certain stores and businesses will be allowed to open with restrictions but…

4 May Weather in Cayman

4 May Mon 2020 SYNOPSIS Light to moderate northeasterly winds and seas are expected across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours in association with a high pressure system over the western Atlantic Ocean. Radar images show isolated showers…

Defeat of a Dirty Military Incursion into Venezuela on a Sunday Morning

By Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC / Independent Media Institute In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to cross the…

Linking masks around Cayman

Link International Group has partnered with Quality Sewing and Accessories and the Cayman Islands Red Cross to provide masks for front-line employees. During these challenging times, the owners Romeo and Simone Thomas have taken the seriousness of this pandemic to…

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Concerns for migrant workers in U.S. farms and meat plants as COVID-19 spreads

From Freedom United COVID-19 is spreading rapidly through the largely immigrant workforces of U.S. farms and meat factories, but insufficient protections mean many migrant workers have no option but to keep working—and few options if they lose their job. Farmworkers…

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VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: St. K-N PM Harris pays tribute to workers on Labour Day Weekend 2020

Please note that this message was recorded on the morning of Friday, May 1st, 2020 so the speech cites national statistics as at 3:00pm Thursday, April 30th.  As at 3:00pm Saturday, May 2nd, the number of recovered persons in the…