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The UWI secures largest grant ever — US$25 million
The University of the West Indies has secured an international grant of US$25 million, the largest in its history.
United States’ Silicon Valley digital technology...
BREAKING: Trinidad PM tests positive for COVID-19
TRINIDAD EXPRESS: Prime Minister Dr the Hon Keith Rowley has tested positive for COVID-19.
The Prime Minister began experiencing flu-like symptoms yesterday evening and was subsequently...
Another 33,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Barbados
An additional 33,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine (provided by the COVAX facility) have arrived Barbados.
They arrived on board Caribbean Airlines cargo flight BW791 (Boeing...
New swarm of Volcano-Tectonic earthquakes in St. Vincent
A new swarm of Volcano-Tectonic (VT) earthquakes began at the La Soufrière Volcano at 6:38 am today.
The numbers and magnitudes of these earthquakes increased...
Investigation Prompts Resignation of Aruba’s Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Aruba, Evelyn Wever-Croes has resigned.
Wever-Croes, the island’s first female Prime Minister who came into power in November 2017, resigned on...
Jamaica bans travel from six South American countries
(LOOP) The Jamaican Government has expanded restrictions on travellers from overseas to now include those from six South American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile,...
JAMAICA: Student raped while boyfriend watched
Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old student in February.
The student reported the matter to her...
SVG: Residents told to remain ready for explosion despite reduced activity at La Soufriere
Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Michelle Forbes, is again urging Vincentians to prepare for the possibility of an explosive eruption of...
BVI’s response to COVID-19 – a model for the Eastern Caribbean
The measures being taken by the government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is seen as model for countries...
Guyanese warned about surge in new COVID-19 cases
Guyana’s Ministry of Health has issued a warning to citizens to guard themselves against the current surge in new COVID-19 cases by following the...
German experts say under 60s should not get 2nd AstraZeneca vaccine
(Reuters) — Germany’s vaccine commission, known as STIKO, recommended on Thursday that people under 60-years old who have had a first shot of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19...
Woman’s skin erupts in agonising red rash after AstraZeneca’s COVID jab
A mother’s face, arms, chest, back and legs erupted into an agonising red rash after getting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
Leigh King, from North Lanarkshire...
Boom in hotel and residential construction creating jobs for residents in St. Kitts-Nevis
The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Timothy Harris, has long maintained that the construction sector will be one of the key...