Regional News
SVG: PM Declares Holidays; Rejects Lockdown Measures — Again
(iWitness News): Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, on Monday, again rejected the imposition of curfews, states of emergencies, and outright lockdown measures in response to...
Harris Recognises Contributions of Caribbean Americans
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Caribbean American United States Vice President-elect Senator Kamala Harris Sunday night recognised the contributions of Caribbean Americans in...
St Vincent and the Grenadines Records Second COVID Death
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — St Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its second COVID-19 death on Monday. The deceased is an 80-year-old male who was...
CBU Welcomes Court Ruling Protecting Journalists’ Sources
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) has welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court in Trinidad and Tobago, which has struck down the use of...
APNU+AFC Poised to Formally Object to GECOM’s Claims and Objections
(Demerara Waves) The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU) on Friday signaled strongly that it would be registering its objection to...
Antigua and Barbuda ‘Risks Lockdown’ if COVID Cases Continue to Surge
(Antigua Observer) Information Minister Melford Nicholas delivered a grim warning yesterday, as the country recorded new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and one death the...
Barbados PM, 7 Others Take COVID-19 Vaccine
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed to the nation Thursday that she was among eight people here who recently received COVID-19...
Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On COVID-19 Vaccine Availability
As the world grapples with the challenge of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned at the current prospect of...
UWI Professor Sees Trouble Ahead For Vaccines Under COVAX
(Jamaica Observer) Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology, and HIV-AIDS at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Peter Figueroa says standing contractual arrangements...
Young: Kamla’s no confidence motion is ‘struggle for relevance’
Trinidad and Tobago (Loop News) - Minister of National Security Stuart Young has dismissed the no-confidence motion brought against him by Opposition Leader Kamla...
Security beefed up at Barbados COVID-19 facilities
By Anesta Henry (Barbados Today) - Police officers have been stationed at the Harrison’s Point and Blackman and Gollop isolation facilities to protect frontline workers...
Saint Lucian Elected To Global Union Youth Executive
St. Lucia (St. Lucia Times) - A Saint Lucian is one of the Vice Presidents of the Union Network International Global Union (UNI) Youth...
