(Barbados Nation) Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George and Isolation Facilities Manager Dr Corey Forde said healthcare workers on the frontline of the battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Barbados were beginning to feel the physical and mental strain.
(Trinidad Guardian) All laptops, tablets and cell phones used to conduct online classes daily will today remain off and disconnected as thousands of pre-school, primary and secondary school teachers embark on a day of rest and reflection.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Around three-fourths of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty as the once-prosperous OPEC nation’s hyperinflationary economic collapse continued for a seventh straight year, according to a study published yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A 715-km (440-mile) power line in Brazil’s Amazon region has received an environmental permit so that construction can move ahead, companies behind the project said yesterday, despite indigenous concerns over the damages it may cause.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government sent 70 Haitian migrants back to Haiti yesterday in what it described as a “voluntary return” flight, days after the United States cleared thousands of Haitian migrants https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-border-camp-cleared-haitians-thousands-more-move-2021-09-25
QUITO, (Reuters) – The death toll from a riot at one of Ecuador’s largest prisons rose to 116, President Guillermo Lasso said yesterday, adding that he would send additional security forces and free up funds to avoid a repeat.
(Trinidad Express) A Covid-19 survivor whose lungs, heart, kidney and pancreas were damaged due to the virus has joined the call for citizens to be vaccinated to avoid serious Covid-19 complications.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s general election, which had been scheduled for Nov.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Thousands of women demonstrated in several Latin American cities yesterday to commemorate the global day of action for access to safe and legal abortion, in a region where the procedure is fully permitted only in a handful of countries.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia’s coca farmers are battling for control of the leaf’s main market in the highland city of La Paz, a conflict which has seen producers and police clash in the streets with slingshots and tear gas, and even a building set on fire.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian hospital chain tested unproven drugs on elderly COVID-19 patients without their knowledge as part of an effort to validate President Jair Bolsonaro’s preferred ‘miracle cure,’ a lawyer for whistleblowing doctors told senators on Tuesday.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Authorities in Costa Rica said yesterday all state workers will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, making it one of the first countries in Latin America to impose a coronavirus vaccination mandate.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil will provide COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all its people over 60-years-old, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said today.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean authorities announced yesterday the end of a state of emergency in force since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of life returning to normal following a sharp decrease in cases in the South American nation.
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Seven Venezuelan oil workers have been detained by military counterintelligence officers following an outage at a unit of state oil company PDVSA’s 310,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Cardon refinery, according to eight sources familiar with the matter.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s National Academy of Medicine yesterday expressed concern over the use of Cuba’s Abdala coronavirus vaccine due to a lack of scientific research on its safety and efficacy.
(Trinidad Guardian) The man accused of fatally chopping 15-month-old Sariah Williams appeared virtually before a San Fernando Magistrate yesterday charged with her murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) After spending over a decade on remand, a 37-year-old man from Tunapuna has been freed of murdering a security guard during a casino robbery.
(Trinidad Express) The super-infectious Covid-19 Delta “variant of concern” has reached community spread in Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Express) The Police Service Commission (PolSC) has withdrawn the suspension letter which it had issued on Friday, September 17, to Gary Griffith.
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