Source: VI Consortium The V.I. Bureau of Corrections (B.O.C.) has placed the St. Thomas prison facility, named the Alexander A. Farrelly Criminal Complex, on lockdown after 20 people — including inmates and staff members — tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a release from the bureau, the first time B.O.C. officials learned of the … Continued
The V.I. Department of Health reported 63 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest single-day number of infections reported since the pandemic began. Of the 63 new cases, St. Thomas — representing a surging outbreak — saw 57 of those cases, according to the Dept. of Health data. The Dept. of Health listed almost all … Continued
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls on Monday to elect a new government following allegations of corruption, race and promises in a campaign severely hampered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The election here is not the only one in the Caribbean where the pandemic has played … Continued
The Observer BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has published The Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 13) Regulations, 2020, which came into operation today, August 8 at 5:00 a.m. and will expire at 4:59 a.m. on Saturday, August 29. The curfew now in effect – 2:00 a.m. until 4:59 a.m., has … Continued
VI Consortium The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning to Americans not to travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands if they don’t have to, with the CDC pointing to a high risk of the coronavirus in the territory and limited medical resources for those who contract the disease. In the warning, … Continued
VI Consortium The territory’s infectious disease physician Dr. Tai Hunte gave residents a dose of ‘real talk’ at Monday’s COVID-19 update as she expressed to young people the dangers of hanging out in public, refusing to wear masks and social distance, to then come home to their elderly family members who are showing up positive … Continued
Source: Loop News People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential candidate Dr Irfaan Ali has been declared the winner of Guyana’s disputed Regional and General Elections. The declaration came from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Sunday afternoon following a meeting of GECOM Commissioners and Chairman Claudette Singh.Hours earlier, Singh had facilitated a call between President David … Continued
Communities across the region have a unique opportunity to hail those special heroes, who in the darkest moments of the Covid-19 crisis, shone brightest. Regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean today launched its First Caribbean Unsung Frontline Heroes initiative aimed at giving persons the opportunity to nominate essential workers and persons from their communities who put service above self and … Continued
By Nina Burleigh Last year, more than 31 million people visited the Caribbean, more than half of them from the United States. I was one of them. Together, we contributed $59 billion to the region’s 2019 gross domestic product — accounting for a whopping 50 to 90 percent of the G.D.P. for most of the countries, … Continued
VI Consortium Coronavirus cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands continue to grow, with Dept. of Health officials on Monday reporting that younger Virgin Islanders were spreading the disease to their older, more vulnerable family members. On Monday, 24 coronavirus cases were reported. That’s on top of some 32 positive cases reported over the weekend. And … Continued
