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Lockdown in Martinique for a period of 3 weeks, unvaccinated tourists asked to leave
New measures were adopted by the Prefecture of Martinique on Monday, August 9, establishing reinforced lockdown in Martinique for a period of 3 weeks,...
PAHO Director appeals to Caribbean people to get COVID-19 vaccine, observe protective measures
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), expressed concern about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Caribbean countries and made a...
Wave Of Anti-Vaxxers Rise Up Across The Caribbean
By NAN Staff Writer
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 13, 2021: While Caribbean countries grapple with a spike in new COVID-19 infections and governments...
West Indies Women to host South Africa Women in eight-match series in Antigua
West Indies Women will be back in action in the coming weeks when they host South Africa Women in an eight-match series in Antigua...
Grenada’s Ministry of Health receives confirmation of Delta variant
The Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed that three of the COVID-19 cases recorded in Grenada in recent weeks, are the Delta variant.
The samples...
UWI launches 2021 Giving Campaign: in a post-pandemic environment, giving matters even more
As the pandemic stretches on, thousands of the University’s students and their families continue to face economic uncertainty, and the need for financial aid...
PAHO will begin procuring COVID-19 vaccine doses to expand access in Latin America and...
Taking action to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will use its Revolving Fund to help countries in...
Gonsalves will continue to walk to Parliament
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Wednesday said both common law and statue laws allow for a Member of Parliament to have the right of...
DOMINICA: 311 active cases of COVID-19
Dominica: While addressing the press conference on 11 August 2021, the Health Minister of Dominica – Irving McIntyre, informed that the country is currently having 311...
Protesters in Guyana block bridge over vaccine requirement
Some residents of Linden, in Region Ten, have blocked the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge to protest against the measure requiring persons to show proof of COVID-19...
Trinidad CoP: Law and order will be upheld
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith has told would be protestors in Trinidad and Tobago that they should forget about following the trend that has developed...
Cross-dressing formally removed as criminal offence from Guyana’s law
Nearly three years after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that Guyana’s laws against cross-dressing violated the rights of people, the criminal offence...
The UWI expresses sympathy on the passing of National Hero and ...
The University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus extends its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family of Sir Lester Bryant Bird, KNH...