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US warns Jamaica against Chinese 5g

Oct 26, 2020 | Further Afield

(Jamaica Observer) – The United States has fired a shot across the bow of the Jamaican Government in relation to the installation of fifth generation (5G) mobile technology infrastructure, saying that any decision to engage China or a Chinese firm poses several...

REGIONAL: Independent review team says CXC remarking justified

Oct 24, 2020 | Further Afield

(CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has released the report of an Independent Review Team (IRT) which investigated this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE). According...

BREAKING: American Eagle flight #AA4194 crash-landed in Freeport, Grand Bahama

Oct 24, 2020 | Further Afield

(airlive.net) – An Embraer ERJ-145 overran the runway upon landing on Grand Bahama. American Eagle Embraer ERJ-145LR (reg. N674RJ) was operating flight #AA4194 from Miami when it overran the runway 06 after landing in Freeport, Bahamas. All 25 passengers and...

REGIONAL: FFOS slams CARICOM, OPEC countries silence on FSO Nabarima

Oct 22, 2020 | Further Afield

(Looptt.com) – The Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) is calling for CARICOM as well the other nations that depend on the Caribbean Sea – including Latin American, French and Dutch Caribbean territories – to meet urgently to discuss the...

Skerrit urges IMF to provide grant and concessional financing for SIDS

Oct 21, 2020 | Further Afield

(DNO) – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to put measures in place to determine grant and concessional financing to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). He was speaking at the IMF annual meeting held virtually...

Brazil to use Chinese vaccine against Covid-19

Oct 21, 2020 | Further Afield

(BBC) – Brazil plans to use a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme, officials have announced. São Paulo Governor João Doria said the federal government had agreed to buy 46 million doses of the vaccine CoronaVac. He said...