Month: August 2020
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World
Viral hashtag demands #Sandalsboycott
One of the Caribbean’s trendiest holiday resorts is trending number one on social media platforms and this time its founder…
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VP candidate Kamala Harris’ Jamaican father much more than a footnote
While United States Sen. Kamala Harris’ Jamaican-born father, Dr. Donald Harris, may be a footnote in her speeches, as she…
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Guyana Cultural Association to celebrate 20th Anniversary
The Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. has set the stage to celebrate its 20th Anniversary Season, in ‘virtual’…
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COVID CASES SPIKE
Authorities in Jamaica have moved to clamp down on physical and door to door campaigning ahead of general elections next…
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Twenty-eight Trinidad prison officers test positive for COVID, 231 in quarantine
(Trinidad Guardian) Prisons Commissioner Dennis Pulchan has revealed that they are now facing a major challenge as some 28 prison…
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As Trinidad COVID cases surge, new discharge policy announced
(Trinidad Express) With more Covid-19 cases and fewer available hospital beds, the Ministry of Health’s admissions and discharge policy for…
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Jamaican makes history as first black woman to get a PhD in Neuroscience at University of Rochester
(Jamaica Gleaner) As the first black woman to be awarded a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Rochester (UR),…
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JLP, PNP divided, but most Jamaicans want Queen to go
(Jamaica Gleaner) While most Jamaicans support the removal of Queen Elizabeth II as head of State, the country’s two main…
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Trinidad Granny, 71, was stabbed to death
(Trinidad Express) A POST-MORTEM done on the body of a 71-year-old woman found dead at her Sangre Grande home on…
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Trinidad: Covid teens who fled quarantine facility don’t have symptoms
(Trinidad Express) The female Venezuelan teens who left a quarantine facility before being cleared for discharge, no longer had symptoms…
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