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Trump administration toughens H-1B Visa rules just ahead of November elections

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As long expected, the Trump administration has finally released  H-1B regulatory changes which will make it much more difficult for professional foreign workers to...

Guyanese man sues Caribbean Airlines after cocaine allegedly planted in suitcase

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Vacation became a nightmare for a Queens man who claims he was unwittingly turned into a drug mule. Simeon Wilson, 50, had just spent a...

St Vincent Will Hold Elections On November 5th 2020

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The Prime Minister of SVG has set out November 5th for elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Gonsalves announcement came during a live virtual...

American Airlines today resumes more Caribbean flying

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American Airlines today resumes service between Miami International Airport (MIA) and six destinations in the Caribbean, including Eleuthera (ELH), Freeport (FPO), and George Town...

BirdsCaribbean welcomes renewed support for Dominica’s native parrots

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BirdsCaribbean approves of Dominica’s plans to launch new efforts to protect the Sisserou and Jaco parrots. Both species are rare and live nowhere else...

Some countries showing spikes in COVID-19 transmission, especially among young people: PAHO

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Transmission of COVID19 in the Americas remains very active, with some countries suffering recurrent spikes in cases and the virus spreading in new and...

Jamaica AIDS Support rolls out anti-HIV pill

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Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) will now be offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an additional preventative option for people at substantial risk of contracting...

British Airways increasing flights to the Caribbean

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CMC- British Airways has increased the number of destinations it is flying to this October — this includes both short haul and long haul destinations. Among...

Saint Lucia records 503 confirmed cases of dengue fever

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The incidence of dengue has increased in the region of the Americas over the past four decades, from 1.5 million cumulative cases in the...

‘Fatigued’ Trump is given Regeneron ‘antibody cocktail’ to treat COVID-19

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President Donald Trump has been treated for COVID-19 with a ‘cocktail’ of antibodies produced by Regeneron, his doctor announced on Friday, and is ‘fatigued’...

JAMAICA: Gangsters stop work on construction site demanding that they be employed

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A project to repave parking lots and other sections of the compound at St Richard’s Primary on Red Hills Road in St Andrew has...

St. Kitts And Nevis Borders To Reopen October 31

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The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis will fully reopen its borders to international commercial flights and travelers from October 31, 2020.   That announcement was made...

3-year jail term for man who had sex with dead COVID-19 patient in Guyana

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Fifty-year-old Leroy Chacon of Trainline Port Kaituma, North West District was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Wednesday for the offence of trespassing with...