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‘Stranded’ Trinidad nationals in Barbados claim racial discrimination

Some Indo-Trinidad and Tobago nationals stranded in Barbados are of the view they are being rejected from entering this country because of their race. Reached...

Barbados records 4th COVID-19 death

A fourth person died from COVID-19 in Barbados last night. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported that the deceased is a 57-year-old diabetic female,...

Jamaica: Vice-principal of Excelsior High School shot dead

OBSERVER ONLINE can now confirm that the educator who was brutally slain Thursday, April 9 in the St Andrew community of Queensbury was a...

T&T Health Ministry confirms: over 900 persons tested for COVID-19, thus far

Some 919 persons have been tested, thus far, for COVID-19 infection in Trinidad and Tobago. 107 of them have tested positive for the disease. These...

Trinidad: Frightening increase in domestic violence cases, as families stay home

There has been a spike in the number of domestic violence cases in the country and Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is warning perpetrators. “This...

Jamaica: Sex workers want COVID-19 bailout too

More that a dozen commercial sex workers who operate within Falmouth, Trelawny, say they are now reeling from the effects of the coronavirus, even...

Thirty-three Trinis remain stranded in Barbados over coronavirus

Trinidad and Tobago has again refused to take its 33 nationals who are stranded here. They were to have boarded a Condor flight which left...

Jamaican opposition leader Peter Phillips fighting colon cancer

Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips, who has been diagnosed with stage 3 colan cancer, said the decision was made to rush his recent...

Jamaica: Taxi driver’s face slashed because he sneezed

A 47-year old taxi operator from Ocho Rios, St Ann was slashed in his face by a knife-brandishing man because he dared to sneeze...

At least one nurse tests positive for Covid-19 in Antigua

At least one healthcare worker in Antigua and Barbuda has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. President of the Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association, Soria...

Third male dies of COVID-19 in Barbados

Barbados has recorded the third death from COVID-19. Head of Infectious Diseases at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dr Corey Forde, said the 95-year-old male died...

Trinidad & Tobago COVID-19 cases reach 107

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19...
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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...