BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A group of former Latin American heads of state has joined a chorus of demands to delay a vote on who will head the region’s main development finance lender, part of growing opposition to the first-ever U.S.
SANTIAGO AND LIMA, (Reuters) – U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Hillary Thompson’s face had sadness all over it yesterday, as she ponders the fate of her father Gilbert Thompson, who has not been seen since Sunday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) – Caribbean islands already reeling from the economic impact of coronavirus started recovering yesterday from the damage wrought by Tropical Storm Laura, which left at least 24 dead and damaged thousands of homes and electricity infrastructure.
(Trinidad Express) An elderly woman was knifed to death in the bedroom of her home during an attack in Sangre Grande shortly after midnight.
(Trinidad Guardian) 153 new cases of COVID were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday making it the highest number ever recorded in a single day.
(Trinidad Guardian) Home to some of the country’s most beautiful animals, the Caroni Swamp is often visited by people hoping to spot a Scarlet Ibis.
(Trinidad Guardian) After months of being stuck in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), T&T national Takiesha Clairmont has got an exemption to return home but needs help to do so.
(Barbados Nation) The then 20-year-old, who pumped three bullets in Colin Forde as the popular Baxters Road proprietor struggled with another assailant, begged Forde’s family for forgiveness.
(Trinidad Guardian) The 10-month-old daughter of a Freeport woman who works at a private medical facility is one of the nation’s newest cases of COVID-19.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley did not take a private jet out of Trinidad to New York.
(Jamaica Star) Five members of one family who recently came from overseas were last Saturday taken into quarantine and charged under the Disaster Risk Management Act.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says retired sprinter Usain Bolt has now been officially informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
(Trinidad Guardian) As homicide detectives continue their search for the killers of retired chemist Veji Boodoo and his sons Shreedharshan and Vidharshan, his wife says they were not religious extremists.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness last night announced a range of measures aimed at halting the surge in COVID-19 cases.
(Trinidad Express) A total of 92 Covid-positive cases were reported yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he is still awaiting results of a coronavirus test, noting that he has not had any official communication from the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Self-taught chef and event promoter Omar Walters, who was born in New York to Jamaica parents Maxine Greaves and Paul Walters, brought visibility to Brand Jamaica.
(Trinidad Express) A chemist who was the focus of an investigation into threats of terrorism back in 2003 was killed along with his two sons yesterday.
LIMA, (Reuters) – More than a dozen people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions.
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