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Coronavirus cases in Guyana rise to 116

Guyana has recorded new COVID-19 cases, raising the total to 116. While stating that the COVID-19 situation in Guyana has not improved, the Deputy Chief...

Trinidad PM says was not aware of Chavez’s portfolio

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is insisting he did not know what portfolio Asdrubal Chavez held when he met with him and Venezuelan Vice...

Jamaica will host symbolic virtual wedding for 126 couples

The Jamaica Tourist Board has partnered with DestinationWeddings.com to host a virtual, symbolic ceremony for couples who had to postpone or cancel their Jamaican...

Jamaica reports first day with no new COVID-19 cases

The health authorities last evening reported that Jamaica had recorded no new positive cases of COVID-19 for the first time since early March when...

Three shot dead in Barbados

Family members have identified the three people who were shot and killed at River Land, St Philip early yesterday morning. They are 42-year-old Daile...

200 Jamaicans back home, official warns of possible COVID-19 spike

JAMAICAN health authorities are bracing for a spike in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases locally, following yesterday’s arrival of more than 200 stranded...

With Castro-era biotech, Cuba seeks to compete in coronavirus treatment race

Communist-run Cuba, laboring under a six-decade U.S. embargo, is betting a biotech sector begun by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro can give the Caribbean...

Jamaicans stranded in Barbados lambast authorities for not assisting them to come home

Several Jamaicans who are stranded in Barbados due to COVID-19 have lambasted the Government for not doing enough to rescue them from starvation...

Jamaican student pilot dies in Florida plane crash

Student pilot Mark Daniel Scott’s death has been described as a major loss for young aspiring Jamaican aviators. The 25-year-old Wolmer’s Boys alumnus died in...

57 children among Jamaica’s 505 COVID-19 cases

FIFTY-SEVEN of Jamaica’s 505 confirmed COVID-19 cases are children, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has...

Barbados: SOL Caribbean axed 47 employees

SOL Caribbean axed 47 employees here at the end of March, but maintains it is committed to Barbados and cites the BDS$9.2 million...

Guyanese stranded overseas continuing to plead for flights home

Guyanese stranded abroad are continuing to plead with the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to grant approval for their return home. Guyana’s airspace has been...
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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...