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Rihanna Buys Ventilator For Dad As He Recovers from COVID-19
Pop star Rihanna helped keep her father Ronald Fenty's spirits up after she got to know he has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Fenty told The...
TRINIDAD: Cops Raid St Ann’s COVID Party
Mere hours after he warned the public against hosting COVID parties, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith led a group of officers into St Ann’s...
JAMAICA: Excelsior Vice-Principal Shot Dead In St Andrew
The vice-principal of the Excelsior High School in St Andrew, Colleen Walker, has been shot dead.
She was shot multiple times by a gunman at...
GUYANA: Gov’t Recalls Substandard Purcill Brand Hand Sanitizer
(Newsroom Guyana)
The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is altering the general public of the immediate recall of the Purcill Brand Hand Sanitizer...
UK’s Johnson out of intensive care as his condition improves
(AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition has improved and he has been moved out of intensive care where he was treated for...
ST. KITTS: Emergency Relief Fund Payments To Begin Within Days
By Ken Richards (WINN): Some of the members of the country’s workforce who quality for payments from the Social Security COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund...
JAMAICA: Dexta Daps Taken Into Police Custody
(Jamaica Observer)
Popular dancehall artiste Louis Grandison, more popularly known as Dexta Daps, was taken into police custody Wednesday afternoon.
Head of the St Andrew South...
Bernie Sanders Drops Out Of The 2020 Race, Clearing Joe Biden’s Path To The...
(CNN)
Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump...
JAMAICA: COVID-19 Cases Up To 63, Nine Persons Have Recovered
(The Gleaner)
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is reporting that Jamaica has recorded four more COVID-19 cases, pushing the country’s tally to 63.
The...
Tiger At NYC’s Bronx Zoo Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Hospitalised With Coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital with the coronavirus.
Johnson’s office says he is being admitted for tests because he...
Ventilators Destined For Barbados Seized By U.S.
(Barbados today)
The seizure of 20 ventilators destined for Barbados appears to have thrust the Mia Mottley administration into a growing global battle for critical...
Two More COVID-19 Cases In Jamaica Push Tally To 55
(The Gleaner)
Jamaica's Health Ministry has reported two additional cases of the coronavirus in Jamaica pushing the total to 55.
New cases:
A 74-year-old female from...