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US CDC Lowers Caribbean COVID-19 Travel Warnings

BY DURRANT PATE Jamaica Observer business writer THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered COVID-19 travel health notices for several Caribbean destinations. Jamaica, Cuba, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Maarten, the British Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, and the Turks and Caicos have all […]

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Ukraine: Putin Seeks to Isolate Russia from the West

by Dan Ehrlich   The United States, and much of the world, has applied all manner of economic sanctions on Russia. But so far none has stopped Russian President Vladimir Putin from continuing his bloody assault on Ukraine. That’s because Putin has his own agenda and whatever it takes to complete it. The televised tragedy […]

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WORLD VIEW: Ukraine Deadly Bombings, Putin Emulates Stalin, China & Covid, 9 Dead in Texas Car Crash, More

Trending  |  Russia-Ukraine  |  View in Browser March 18, 2022 Today’s Headlines Russian strikes hit outskirts of Ukrainian capital and Lviv LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the edges of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as world…Read […]

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Seven Members of US Congress Call On Biden to Withdraw Support for Haiti’s Henry

By Brian Ellsworth March 17 (Reuters) – A group of seven U.S. members of Congress on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw support for Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry, saying he lacks legitimacy to organize the elections needed to resolve the country’s political crisis. Representatives led by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Haitian American who […]

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Jamaica Ending Covid Restrictions

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that effective March 18, 2022, all measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) under which Covid-19 protocols including curfews were imposed, will be withdrawn. The Prime Minister made the disclosure on Thursday in the House of Representatives. Mask-wearing and sanitizing in enclosed places such as supermarkets, tax […]

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Australian Regulator Sues Facebook for Scam Crypto Ads

In February, Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest sued Facebook for allowing crypto scam adverts on its platform that used his character.   HILLARY ESSIEN Peoples Gazette Meta, previously Facebook, has been slammed with a lawsuit for allowing suspicious cryptocurrency advertising on its social media platform. On Friday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it […]

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‘Atrocity’: Bolsonaro Granted Indigenous Rights Medal, Angering Brazil Tribal Leaders

BRASILIA, March 17 (Reuters) – Brazilian tribal leaders and advocates on Thursday criticized the granting of an indigenous rights award to President Jair Bolsonaro, calling it an “atrocity” that ignores his record on dismantling protections for native people and the environment. Justice Minister Anderson Torres on Wednesday gave the Medal of Indigenous Merit to his […]

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Venezuela’s Opposition Asks Oil Companies to Support Democracy

By Vivian Sequera CARACAS, March 17 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Thursday called on energy companies with joint ventures in the country to stick to democracy, amid talks over the possibility of the United States easing oil sanctions on the OPEC member nation. Chevron Corp (CVX.N), the last U.S. producer operating in […]

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Two Young Boys, Lost in Amazon Forest Nearly a Month, Found Alive

Two young indigenous boys rescued after almost four weeks lost in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have been taken to a hospital. Glauco and Gleison Ferreira, eight and six, got lost trying to catch small birds in the jungle near Manicoré, Amazonas state, on 18 February. A local tree cutter found them by chance on Tuesday. They […]

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Nevis: Gender Expo at Malcolm Guishard Recreational Park Today

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS March 17, 2022) — The Department of Gender Affairs, in the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs, will host its first Gender Expo as part of marking Women’s Month observed annually on Nevis in March. Mr. Mario Phillip, Gender Officer while speaking to the Department of Information on March 16, 2022, invited the public […]

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