(SNO) – On Sunday January 24, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation from the Caribbean Public Health Agency CARPHA of 5 cases of the SARS-Co-V-2 British variant diagnosed in country. Two of the cases are British nationals who were...
(Jamaica Observer) – Jamaica’s confirmed another four virus deaths today, pushing the COVID-19 death toll to 336. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the new deaths are a 63-year-old female from St Elizabeth, an 83-year-old female from...
Three men who are accused of the brutal murders of teen cousins, Isaiah and Joel Henry, appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Those charged are 20-year-old Akash Singh, called “Monkey,” of Zeelugt Squatting Area, East...
Barbados could receive a batch of “emergency” vaccines for frontline workers and the most vulnerable by the end of this month, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced, while revealing she and two other ministers have already received a jab. The doses are coming from...
(Barbados Today) – The Pan American Health Organisation’s point man in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr Yitades Gebre, has urged the region to ramp up public health measures to contain the viral illness “at a dangerous time” amid a surge in infections...
Shark attack in St. Kitts and Nevis’ waters. We have received confirmation of a shark attack where at least one person received serious injuries and is now in surgery. The rare shark attack took place in the vicinity of Booby Island. Booby Island is an...
