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Three New COVID-19 Deaths, 83 Additional Cases in Jamaica

Three more people have died from COVID-19, increasing the number of fatalities to 276. The deceased are a 63-year-old female from St James, an 18-year-old...

Jamaican nurse makes history with COVID-19 vaccine in New York

The Jamaican nurse who created history by becoming the first person in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is urging her countrymen...

82 New COVID Cases, No Additional Death in Jamaica

Jamaica on Sunday recorded 82 new COVID-19 cases, with ages ranging from 3 to 90 years, pushing the tally to 11,792. Some 3,267 cases are...

Hospital Employee Died Due to COVID-19 in Antigua

St. John’s Antigua, December 13, 2020 – Mount St. John’s Medical Centre confirms that a healthcare worker has died after contracting COVID-19. The patient, a...

11 migrants found dead off of Venezuela’s eastern coast

CARACAS (Reuters) - Eleven people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American...

Two More COVID Deaths; Hospital Numbers Increase in Jamaica

COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Jamaica, bringing the total deaths this week to nine and 273 overall, since the disease arrived on...

Jamaica: Airport Employee Arrested In $2 Billion Cocaine Bust

An airport employee has been arrested in connection with the seizure of a $2 billion cocaine bust at the Norman Manley International Airport in...

Guyana confirmed 28 new COVID-19 cases

Twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Health Ministry on Friday, with Region Four accounting for half of the new cases. According to the...

Puerto Rico Just Hit a Record Number of COVID Hospitalizations

The island’s tenuous situation continues and has claimed 1,238 lives so far. Local intensive care units are at 70% occupancy. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The local...

66 New COVID-19 Cases, No Additional Death in Jamaica

Jamaica on Thursday recorded 66 new cases of COVID-19, with ages ranging from four to 82 years, pushing the total to 11,509 with 3,417...

Former Miss Trinidad has one week to repay more than $100,000

Former Miss Trinidad and Tobago Yvee Clarke has less than seven days to pay over $100,000. A GoFundMe account which was set up to help...

US Visa sanctions for six former Jamaican cops, relatives

The United States announced travel and other sanctions on Thursday against six Jamaicans who were part of the controversial Reneto Adams-led Crime Management Unit...
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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...