Staff Editor

With the COVID-19 measures taking a significant economic toll, the Ministry of Business today announced that relief grants are available to small businesses experiencing challenges.

MASERU,  (Reuters) – Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane bowed to pressure to resign today, three months after police named him and his current wife as suspects in the murder of his former wife in a case that has transfixed the southern African nation.

The National COVID-19 Task Force today agreed on the return of dozens of Guyanese stranded overseas as long as public health conditions are met among other things.

The police are investigating the murder of a 68-year-old security guard, whose partially nude body was discovered in the Le Repentir Cemetery early this morning and a suspect has since been arrested.

 (Reuters) – Moderna Inc said today its experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced antibodies that could “neutralize” the new coronavirus in patients in a small early stage clinical trial, sending its shares up 25%.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has asserted that there would be a “serious” breach of good faith if Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines intends to sail to Jamaica without notice or approval.

(Trinidad Guardian) Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte has confirmed that his resignation from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s led administration was a result of professional conflict on policy positions.

President David Granger says his government will accept the declaration of the current recount of the March 2 General and Regional Elections. 

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of Spain and Italy, which was once the epicenter of the pandemic, making Brazil’s outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official figures.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing deal to end a months-long political stalemate, Ghani’s spokesman said today, a step that could smooth efforts to end the country’s long-running war.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Hailed for her leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner were turned away from a cafe on Saturday because it was too full under the physical distancing guidelines.

(Jamaica Observer Editorial May 15) It’s no secret that the discovery of oil — estimated at more than eight billion barrels — off Guyana’s Atlantic coast is the big prize in the general election that is still undecided after two months.

PARIS/KAMPALA (Reuters) – Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 26 years on the run, the French justice ministry said.

Guyana’s de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Karen Cummings has told the US Ambassador here that it may not be possible for the Carter Center and an advisor of the International Republican Institute (IRI) to oversee the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

Cricket star Christopher Gayle will no longer have to face a CPL disciplinary committee over his rants in three videos he posted over his departure from the Jamaica Tallawahs after he agreed to issue a statement yesterday in which he said he realized how portions of his comments could be viewed as damaging to Cricket West Indies and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament.

Donald Sheriff is wanted by the police in relation to the murder of Keron Nicholson between 2020-03-08 and 2020-03-17 at Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

The sugar union, GAWU today said that it and GuySuCo have reached an interim agreement on increased pay for sugar workers.

Prison authorities this morning reported that a convicted prisoner, Rei Joseph, jumped the fence of the New Amsterdam penitentiary at 6.51 am and was recaptured at 7.10 am.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Amazon Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming service, will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release this month, sparking protests from cinema owners as the novel coronavirus outbreak upends Bollywood.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britain’s parliament on Wednesday that his government moved swiftly to protect the country’s vulnerable care homes.