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Barbados to implement real-time banking

By November next year, banking institutions will be able to transact business in real-time in Barbados. Ryan Straughn, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, made...

Cuban doctors arrive in Panama to help with coronavirus fight

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama’s health ministry said that 220 Cuban doctors arrived Thursday morning to reinforce the Central American nation’s healthcare system and...

Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia yesterday, the...

Jamaica steps up monitoring after 20 UK arrivals tested positive for COVID-19

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican health authorities have stepped up monitoring of people who arrived in the island from the United Kingdom (UK), prior to those...

Ex-travel agent slapped with more fraud charges in Trinidad

(Trinidad Express) Ex-travel agent Vicky Boodram who was committed to stand trial last year on over 100 fraud allegations returned before a San Fernando...

Canada: Donations of food, gifts bring taste of Trinidad and Tobago stranded farm workers

Dion Taylor likely won't be back in Trinidad and Tobago in time for Christmas, but he could almost taste home on Tuesday. "Everything was just...

69 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica recorded 69 cases of COVID-19 yesterday, pushing the island's total number of cases to 12,423. The death toll also rose to...

Caribbean Development Bank supports solar on St Vincent and the Grenadines

The Caribbean Development Bank has approved financing of $8.6 million for solar energy development on St Vincent and the Grenadines. The financing to St Vincent...

‘My second life’: California nurse walks out of hospital after 8-month COVID-19 ordeal

LONG BEACH, Calif., (Reuters) – As a veteran ICU nurse whose job is to care for the most critically ill patients at her...

Trinidad woman jumps out moving vehicle after kidnapping, carjacking

(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old woman has reported to police that she was kidnapped by a man who hit her vehicle from behind, before bundling...

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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...