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Jamaica

The Government’s $10 billion COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme is slated for roll-out on Thursday (April 9), when target beneficiaries are invited to commence submitting applications.

This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke, during a digital press conference at Jamaica House on Friday (April 3).

The initiative aims to provide financial assistance to workers and businesses impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

Last Wednesday, the Government received 29 ventilators valued at approximately €1 million from the European Union (EU), to support patients who need intensive care in hospitals and to treat patients infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19).

They will be distributed to hospitals across the island. In the meantime, the nationwide curfew has been extended thru’ April 21.

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Jamaica
  
Health evaluations of the Leader of the Opposition and President of the People's National Party (PNP), Dr. Peter Phillips, completed yesterday afternoon, April 6, by UHWI professor, Terrence Forrester, and consultant surgeon, Dr. Mark Newnham, have resulted in a diagnosis of stage 3 curable colon cancer reports a just released statement from the PNP.

Dr. Phillips underwent complete and successful surgical removal of the cancer on March 23 and is now recovering comfortably at home.

Pathological examination of the specimen as well as staging procedures have resulted in this curable/stage 3 diagnosis. Dr Phillips will need further preventative treatment in the form of chemotherapy over the next few months, as an outpatient, as he continues his public duties.

Dr. Phillips' medical and surgical teams are optimistic of complete remission based on the worldwide experience of managing this stage.

The Leader of the Opposition will remain on leave for the next two weeks.

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Guyana
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has proposed that a national recount of votes from the March 2, general and regional elections can be done in 10 days and would not require as long as 156 days as suggested by Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield.
Speaking at his weekly press conference, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that the proposal for a 10-day recount, starting with the country’s largest voting district, Region Four, was made by PPP-nominated commissioners to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Thursday.
Although Lowenfield has submitted his proposal, GECOM is still to reach a decision. The commission was meeting Thursday to put forward some of its own proposals for the recount.
Jagdeo suggested that the time proposed by Lowenfield was meant to “delay the announcement of the legitimate, credible results of the elections”. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the PPP said the 156-day proposed time frame was “simply ridiculous”.
It noted that the law provides 15 days for declaration of results, including recounts and further recounts.
“Yet, Keith Lowenfield wants almost six months to count less than 500,000 ballots. This is obviously yet another ploy by Lowenfield, acting in concert with the rigging cabal, to continue their enterprise of derailing the electoral process and thwart the will of the electorate,” it said.
“Many components of the proposal presented are either unnecessary or are simply put forward to provide opportunities to corrupt the recounting process."
The PPP was adamant that it would not accept any proposal that is “farcical” or designed to keep A Partnership for National Unity-Alliance for Change coalition in office.
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Sports
Former FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner has dismissed as “stupidness,” new charges surrounding his alleged acceptance of US$5 million (J$677 million) in bribes in relation to World Cup voting and the sale of media and broadcast rights.
A 53-count indictment unsealed Monday in the US District Court in Brooklyn alleges that while serving as Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president and acting as a special adviser to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, Warner solicited bribes for the award and execution of contracts for the rights to the CFU World Cup-qualifing matches, relating to the 2006 showpiece in Germany.
Last week, FIFA commissioned an oversight committee to begin the process of returning the TTFF to a fully compliant unit of the soccer community.
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