Avellon Williams NASSAU- BAHAMAS – The tropical Paradise that is the Bahamas, goes to the polls today. On August 19th this year, Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis called the General Elections 8 months before it is constitutionally due. This announcement came shortly after Provost Marshall, Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle read a proclamation from the […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti continues to be on the spotlight, but for all the wrong reasons. As the first small black Caribbean nation to take on the might of a European colonial power; France, Haiti gained its Independence in 1804. Haiti has nothing much of substance to boast of, other than 200 plus […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green has tendered his resignation following a video that surfaced on social media showing him and several others gathering at an event in clear breach of COVID-19 protocols during a no movement day. On Tuesday the video surfaced on social media with Green seen […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – The President of the United States of America; Joseph Biden is expected to issue a call for a global Summit to discuss the best way forward regarding the boosting of the supply of vaccines globally. According to reliable sources, this summit will be held during the United Nations […]
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Avellon Williams CARIBBEAN– It is of no surprise that the Mu variant of COVID-19 has reached the Caribbean. The strain, which was first identified in Colombia in January this year has been discovered in samples taken from five positive patients in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The World Health Organization (WHO) which designated the Mu […]
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Avellon Williams MANAMA, BAHRAIN- Bahrain’s Health Authorities have authorised the use of a booster dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for combatting the spread of the coronavirus. This according to the state-run Bahrain News Agency, first time the Russian shot has been approved for a third dose, for those 18 and above who received […]
Read MoreAvellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN- Trinidad, and Tobago is currently in the process of selecting a new Commissioner of Police. The Police Service Commission (PSC), under whose aegis the screening and shortlisting of Police Commissioner candidates fall, is currently going through that process. Once that process is done, the PSC will forward the list to […]
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Avellon Williams SAVANNA-LA-MAR, WESTMORELAND, JAMAICA– Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland parish, Dr. Marcia Graham, says there is a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections among children which has triggered an alarm with local health officials. “We have 652 active cases in the parish where the presence of the Delta variant was unanimously confirmed last month […]
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By Avellon Williams MONTEGO BAY, ST JAMES — About 48 of the 377 nurses assigned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital are now in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 patients and suspected of contracting the respiratory disease while on duty at the facility. Dr. Delroy Fray, Clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD- IF YOU TOUCH ONE YOU TOUCH ALL! It has often been said that “a chain is as strong as its weakest link.” When one reads about the exploits of Arthur Andrew Cipriani, Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler, Adrian Cola Rienzi, George Weeks, James Manswell, and even Basdeo Panday, one is […]
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