(Barbados Nation) A nine-year-old is among three people who passed away as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of deaths to 28, the Ministry of Health and Wellness said a short while ago.
(Jamaica Gleaner) American stewardess Kalina Collier, who reported that she was being held hostage in Jamaica after testing positive for COVID-19, has been fired from her job at JetBlue Airways.
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic started inoculating medical staff against COVID-19 yesterday as it launched its vaccination campaign following the arrival of the first 20,000 doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A district of Venezuela’s capital Caracas yesterday installed a new well to supply water to dozens of apartment buildings, as widespread shortages in the crisis-stricken country complicate hand-washing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today announced its unaudited financial results for year to the end of December 2020, with the impact of the global pandemic resulting in an operating loss (Earnings Before Interest & Taxes – EBIT) of TT$738m (US$109.2m) on revenue of TT$802m (US$118.6m).
(Jamaica Gleaner) JetBlue Airways, the employer of American Kalina Collier, who reported that she was being held hostage in Jamaica after testing positive for COVID-19, says the company will be conducting an investigation into her actions.
(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young said yesterday that during a meeting with Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, he was told that the units include the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), the Inter-Agency Task Force and Guard and Emergency Branch.
(Trinidad Guardian) Pregnant women would not be allowed to receive a COVID-19 vaccine- at least not right now.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ National Pause to fight the spread of COVID-19 has been extended until February 28, 2021.
(Jamaica Star) While clutching her five-year-old grandson in her arms, Cherry Anderson muttered, “Jay, a me a your mother and grandmother now, mommy gone to rest.”
(Jamaica Star) The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is advising members of the public to dismiss as rumour information that has been circulated via social and other media that Kalina Collier, an American, was kidnapped in Jamaica.
(Barbados Nation) Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic today confirmed Barbados lost its first health care worker in the battle against COVID-19.
(Trinidad Guardian) The furore continued on Saturday over the murder of Andrea Bharatt, as angry words and rage-filled posts were heaped on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley for not attending Friday’s funeral which culminated with a motorcade and candlelight vigil in the capital.
(Trinidad Guardian) An internal police investigation has been ordered into the deaths of criminals Joel Balcon and Andrew Morris, two of the prime suspects in the murder of 23-year-old Andrea Bharatt who was kidnapped on February 29 and her body found six days later dumped off a precipice in the Heights of Aripo.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The first 100,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrived in Venezuela yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A man who posted a message on social media, following the death of Andrea Bharatt, has been reported to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s (TTPS) Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) by Police Commissioner Gary Griffith.
(Trinidad Guardian) Farmer Nappy has won the 2021 International Soca Monarch with his song “Backyard Jam”.
(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith informed the Senate on Friday that progress is being made in discussions with United States authorities on Jamaica’s request for new protocols to protect Jamaican seafarers detained under the Shiprider Agreement.
(Trinidad Express) What is usually celebrated as a Fantastic Friday turned into a day of complete sorrow as hundreds of people came out in the streets of Arima yesterday to say their final goodbyes to Andrea Bharatt.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A U.N. envoy yesterday said U.S. and E.U.
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