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JAMAICA: Woman killed during church service
Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang says the police are making progress with their investigations into this morning’s murder of 50 year-old Andrea Lowe Garwood.
She...
Guyana rocked by 5.7 earthquake
Sections of Guyana were rocked by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on Sunday afternoon.
According to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), it received reports...
PM Gonsalves ‘managing crisis better than most’
The COVID-19 pandemic is triggering the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression of 1929 to 1939 and the Great Recession of 2007 to...
Cocaine stash seized off Barbados
More than four tonnes of high-purity cocaine were discovered on a fishing vessel that was intercepted far off the coast of Barbados, according to...
Record 4.2 tons of cocaine seized near French Caribbean
Officials with the French army stationed in the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe said Wednesday that they seized a record 4.2 tons of...
Brazil’s ‘super-COVID’ arrives in the US
Brazil’s ‘super-covid’ variant has arrived in the US with a first case in a Minnesota resident who recently returned from the hard-hit South American...
Five Cases of SARS-CoV-2 British Variant Confirmed in Saint Lucia
On Sunday January 24, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) of 5 cases of...
UWI Launches Probe Into Sale Of Fake Degrees
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says it is currently investigating the sale of certificates purporting to be undergraduate and post graduate degrees conferred...
CDC issues Level 4 ‘Very High’ COVID-19 Advisory for Barbados
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised the COVID-19 level in Barbados to four — its highest ranking.
In an advisory...
Person dies hours after receiving COVID vaccine in US
A California resident who tested positive for COVID-19 in late December died last week several hours after receiving a shot of the vaccine, officials...
ST. KITTS: No lighting up of ‘spliff’ in public, police warns cannabis smokers
Cannabis “spliff” smokers in St. Kitts and Nevis are being strongly cautioned to strictly follow the law of the land and to refrain from...
Trinidad records first case of UK COVID-19 variant
The Ministry of Health advised Thursday that Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first confirmed case of the COVID-19 Variant of Concern (UK) –...
CDC issues Level 4 ‘Very High’ COVID-19 Advisory for Saint Lucia
The United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)has issued a Level 4 COVID-19 travel health advisory for Saint Lucia.
The agency’s 4-level system...