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France returns to Lockdown as Vaccinations Lag
PARIS — After more than a year of lockdowns and months of a sputtering vaccination campaign, Europe’s efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic suffered...
St Lucians get new curfew for Easter
The St. Lucia Government on Tuesday announced new curfew hours for the upcoming Easter weekend as it continues efforts to curb the spread of...
Jamaican first person with COVID-19 variant in Grenada
By Linda Straker
A Jamaican national who entered Grenada on March 8 and continues to be insolated, has been confirmed as the island’s first COVID-19 case...
Men who get infected with COVID have 3 times the risk of developing erectile...
Men who contract Covid-19 treble their risk of developing erectile dysfunction, according to new research.
Doctors at the University of Rome asked 100 men, with...
Guyana receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX mechanism
Guyana today received 24,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine...
‘UWI leadership sound and strategic’ – Professor Sir Hilary Beckles
Culminating with Friday’s presentation by the Five Islands Campus, over the past few weeks the Councils that govern the campuses of The University of...
Air Canada resumes selling flights to Barbados and Jamaica
Air Canada has resumed selling flights to some destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico for May.
They also are restoring flights to some U.S. cities...
5.6 magnitude earthquake recorded off Barbados
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded 130 km NE off Barbados at 2:35 this morning.
According to the University of the West Indies Semestic Research...
Guyana police searching for man accused of raping his 12-year-old daughter
Police officers in Guyana are on the hunt for a man accused of raping his daughter.
According to reports, the 12-year-old girl was asleep when...
Suez Canal: Fresh effort to refloat wedged container ship
A fresh effort is under way to refloat a giant container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal.
Canal authorities say 14 tugboats are trying to take...
India claims it has spotted a ‘double mutant’ COVID variant that spreads easier and...
India today claimed it has discovered a double mutant coronavirus variant that spreads more easily and may make vaccines less potent.
It said the the...
EC$5 Polymer Banknotes in Circulation in St Kitts and Nevis
The new EC$5 polymer banknote is now available in Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has issued the new...