KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced that exam results for the June/July 2021 sitting will be released in early to mid-October. The regional exams commenced on June 28 and were completed on July 30, after they were initially delayed to allow more time...
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccine generally justifiable in law, say Caribbean legal luminaries As Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his Cabinet continue to mull over the possibility of making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, two of the region's leading legal minds have said that there is nothing in law which...
MANY who preach doom for individuals who are in support of vaccines to guard against COVID-19 listened attentively to Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday as he tried to convince them that, no matter the brand, they were made through knowledge given to scientists by God. Holness...
The travel bubble which authorities in Barbados implemented, exempting people from select countries from further quarantine or testing upon arrival in Barbados, has been discontinued. Countries with low COVID-19 positivity rates and low cases per 100,000 population, “every fortnight”, were allowed to be in the bubble...
Education Minister Fayval Williams yesterday reiterated that schools will not be able to hold face-to-face classes at the start of the new academic year scheduled for next week, even as the Government pushes its COVID-19 vaccination programme for students 12 years and older. “As best as...