NY health official recommends Paxlovid for Caribbean nationals with COVID Barbados Today29/05/20220143 views SOURCE: CMC – With the BA 2 Omicron subvariant now accounting for most of the sequenced cases in New York City, the First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer at… Read more
UN urges Caribbean to do more to help Haitians fleeing by sea Barbados Today28/05/20220140 views SOURCE: CMC – The United Nations (UN) has called on Caribbean governments to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea, saying that the numbers of desperate people resorting… Read more
T&T assistant police commissioner charged with misconduct Barbados Today28/05/20220133 views SOURCE: CMC – The head of one of the intelligence agencies in the Trinidad & Tobago police force, Assistant Commissioner of Police Nazrudeen Pragg, has been charged with two offences… Read more
Outcome Statement of the Agri-Investment Forum Held in Guyana from May 19 to 21 Barbados Today22/05/2022086 views A group of CARICOM Heads of Government met in Georgetown, Guyana on May 19 and 20 on the occasion of the “Agri-Investment Forum and Expo: Investing in Vision 25 by… Read more
Prime Minister Mitchell announces June 23 election date for Grenada Barbados Today14/05/20220214 views SOURCE: CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell Saturday night announced June 23 as the date for general elections as his ruling New National Party (NNP) seeks a third consecutive… Read more
11 Haitians drown trying to reach Puerto Rico Barbados Today14/05/20220151 views SOURCE: BBC — At least 11 suspected migrants have died after their boat capsized near the US territory of Puerto Rico. The US Coast Guard said there were 38 survivors… Read more
Truck drivers from Dominican Republic refuse to enter Haiti Barbados Today14/05/20220101 views SOURCE: CMC — With an increase in reports of daily kidnappings across the country, truck drivers from the neighbouring Dominican Republic have decided not to enter Haiti to deliver goods… Read more
REGIONAL – Missing boy in Trinidad found: A tragic end Barbados Today10/05/2022046 views Source: Trinidad Express – The search for Kymani Francis has ended. He was found in the river near his home. The discovery was made at around 10.40 a.m. on Tuesday… Read more
Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang abducts 17 people from tourist bus Barbados Today09/05/2022070 views SOURCE: BBC News – A Haitian gang infamous for kidnappings for ransom has seized at least 17 people from a tourist bus they were travelling in. Eight of the passengers… Read more
Mottley expresses solidarity with gov’t and people of Cuba Barbados Today07/05/20220174 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, and offered any assistance Barbados can render, following a horrific explosion in downtown Havana on Friday.… Read more