SOURCE: CMC- The Pan American Health Organization has said that the Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) after “rigorous evaluation by independent experts” …
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Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell with H.E. Mr. Justin Sun, for his appointment as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the WTO. According to December 17 Coindesk’s report, the Government …
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SOURCE: CMC- Several teachers have been formally dismissed from their jobs for failure to take a COVID-19 vaccine as mandated without medical or religious exemptions, the St. Vincent and the …
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REGIONAL: Government introduces legislation to outlaw Ponzi and other pyramid schemes
SOURE: CMC- The Trinidad and Tobago government has tabled legislation in Parliament providing for a TT$10 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) and 10 years in jail for anyone who establishes …
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Barbadian and Jamaican diplomats to join executive management team at CARICOM
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Tuesday announced the appointment of two Caribbean nationals to the executive management committee of the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat. Barnett named the Barbadian …
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SOURCE: Trinidad Newsday: Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of the omicron variant. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh confirmed the development during the ministry’s virtual COVID-19 briefing on Monday. …
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Sir James Mitchell to be buried in his homeland on Saturday
by Sandy Deaneby Sandy DeaneSOURCE: CMC: Former prime minister Sir James Mitchell will be buried in his hometown of Bequia on Saturday following a church service in the capital, Kingstown, it has been officially …
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Holness weighs in on debate regarding replacing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state
SOURCE: CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness is promising that the issue of the country’s future constitutional status will be addressed shortly even as he warned that “there must not …
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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization expressed concerns Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and …
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REGIONAL: Doctor suspended for prescribing Ivermectin to patients suffering from COVID-19
SOURCE: CMC- A medical practitioner has been suspended for six months after she prescribed the drug Ivermectin to treat patients who had contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Gilbertha St. Rose …