COVID identified in 75% of Jamaican communities Barbados Today23/01/20220111 views SOURCE: CMC — Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is reporting that the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now in 75 per cent of communities across the island,… Read more
Virgin Atlantic ramps up its connection in the Caribbean Marlon Madden21/01/20220108 views One of Barbados’ main airline partners out of the United Kingdom continues to ramp up connections with the Caribbean, relaunching its twice weekly service from Tobago to London Heathrow, with… Read more
Centre moves on to have Marcus Garvey exonerated Barbados Today Traffic19/01/20220126 views The P.J. Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy has added its voice to the call once again for the posthumous exoneration of the Rt. Honourable Marcus Garvey. No one has devoted… Read more
Jamaica records 24 per cent increase in murders since start of the year Barbados Today17/01/2022058 views SOURCE: CMC- Jamaica has recorded 72 murders during the first two weeks of the new year, according to figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The figures represent a… Read more
Study sheds light on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in six Caribbean countries Barbados Today16/01/2022061 views A new study on vaccine hesitancy in six Caribbean Community countries has found that those out of formal work and those who are educated to secondary level, fits the typical… Read more
Another suspect in murder of Haitian president held in Jamaica Barbados Today15/01/20220127 views SOURCE: Jamaica Observer — Jamaican police on Saturday morning arrested one of the three key suspects in the July 2021 assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise. According to information… Read more
REGIONAL: Suriname denies request from CAL to resume flights Barbados Today10/01/20220109 views SOURCE: CMC –Suriname, still peeved at the treatment meted out to its nationals by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL), is reported to have denied the airline’s request to resume flights… Read more
US expands interview waivers for certain nonimmigrant Caribbean visa applicants Barbados Today09/01/20220111 views SOURCE: CMC — The United States Department of State has announced that consular officers in the Caribbean and other places are now temporarily authorised, through December 31, 2022, to waive… Read more
REGIONAL: Haitian journalists killed by gangs Barbados Today07/01/20220109 views SOURCE: CMC- Two journalists were killed on Thursday after they had travelled to Laboule 12, a village, south west of here, where armed gangs are engaged in on going gun… Read more
Bahamian authorities probing collision at sea resulting in gas tanker sinking Barbados Today28/12/20210195 views SOURCE: CMC- The office of the Attorney General has been consulted for legal guidance after a gas tanker which was “rear-ended” by a 207-foot super yacht sank off the coast… Read more