BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia will allow the private importation of COVID-19 vaccines, the health ministry said yesterday, but the shots must be free for those being inoculated.
(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a month after he turned 18, Jeremy John was shot dead near his mother’s home in Penal on Saturday night.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s environment minister wants $1 billion in foreign aid from countries including the United States to help reduce deforestation in the Amazon between 30% and 40%, according to an interview published on Saturday in newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Confederation of Regional Business Chambers is concerned at the lack of word on negotiations between the National Gas Company (NGC) and Methanol Holdings Ltd (MHTL) on MHTL’s expired gas supply contract.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said yesterday that China will donate 150,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Central American nation, on top of the 2 million Sinovac jabs his government already purchased.
(Reuters) – The United States has administered more than 165 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of yesterday morning and distributed nearly 208 million, the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Mayor Faaiq Mohammed has announced the closure of the Chaguanas market, with immediate effect.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina yesterday confirmed that President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for the new coronavirus, saying the first-term Peronist leader was in generally good health despite having suffered a headache and light fever.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped a Haitian pastor and three others during a ceremony that was streamed live on Facebook, media reported on Friday, with the footage widely shared on social media in a country plagued by soaring violence.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil registered 1,987 new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the health ministry said.
(Jamaica Star) A Stony Hill, St Andrew family has expressed disappointment with a funeral home after the wrong corpse ended up in their relative’s casket and suit for burial.
(Trinidad Express) ROMAN Catholic Archbishop Fr Jason Gordon yesterday lamented that Trinidad and Tobago had become a country of great disrespect and “we disrespect each other”.
(Jamaica Star) It was pure joy at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre yesterday as four-year-old Mary took her first steps.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A 33-year-old woman who has been living on the streets of Ocho Rios for the past two years after fleeing an abusive relationship is desperate for help to overcome substance abuse and to turn over a new leaf.
(Trinidad Express) A new wave of natural gas pain hit Trinidad and Tobago yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday could not confirm whether the batch of COVAX vaccines that came in on Sunday was paid for by the Government or by the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) and said that he would have to check with his Permanent Secretary, Asif Ali.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Defense Ministry yesterday named new commanders of its armed forces, a day after the previous three chiefs were sacked as part of President Jair Bolsonaro’s unprecedented attempt to meddle in the military.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has detected a new COVID-19 variant in Sao Paulo state that is similar to the one first seen in South Africa, the head of the state’s Butantan biomedical institute said yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Approximately 75,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the African Medical Support Platform (AMSP) are expected in the island in the next five days.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil yesterday reported a daily record of 3,869 new COVID-19 deaths, with 90,638 new coronavirus cases in the prior 24 hours, the health ministry said.
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