Three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries registered milestones in relation to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the region continued to record deaths and new cases of the virus. In Suriname, with eight lives lost in the past 24 hours to the virus, the authorities on the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country reported that the country passed … Continued
Governor Albert Bryan has welcomed a decision by the federal government in Washington to allow states and territories to use COVID-19 relief funds to fight gun violence. In a statement, Bryan said President Joe Biden’s directive has provided the US Virgin Islands with an unprecedented opportunity to make significant inroads in curbing violent crime. “We … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM A bill that seeks to strike down an archaic Virgin Islands law pertaining to women being able to retain their last names upon marriage, was held in committee Friday not because senators didn’t agree it needed to change, but because the main testifiers — members of the V.I. Bar Association — were not … Continued
Caribbean News Online U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) executed a bilateral maritime exercise with the French Navy off the coast of Martinique, France, on June 23 while operating in the Caribbean Sea. Sioux City with her embarked MH-60S Seahawk attached to the “Sea Knights” … Continued
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and Jamaica were among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to report COVID-19 related deaths within a 24-hour period on Friday June 25. This is according to a news article published by CMC on the aforesaid date, which said that Trinidad and Tobago recorded 6 … Continued
St. Kitts Nevis Observer The outbreak of COVID-19 that has been spreading in St. Kitts and Nevis for the past four weeks continues to rise passing the 350 marks with over 201 cases currently active. Chief Medical Officer Dr Hazel Laws said that they have been trying to contain this present COVID-19 outbreak first identified … Continued
Michael B Jordan has indicated that he will rename the J’ouvert rum. Jordan posted to his Instagram stories that he has heard the outcry and will rename the rum. “I just wanna say on behlaf od myself and our partners that our intention was never to offend or hurt a culture (we love, & respect) & hoped … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM Governor Albert Bryan said Monday afternoon he expects up to eight hundred jobs to be lost as a result of the indefinite shutdown of oil refining at the Limetree Bay facility on St. Croix. The governor estimated up to six hundred direct jobs and up to two hundred indirect forms of employment will … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM The V.I. Dept. of Health announced Monday that nineteen Covid-19 samples sent out for testing returned a preliminary positive result for the Covid-19 U.K. variant, the highly transmissible strain of the virulent disease that has since spread throughout the U.S. and other continents. Dept. of Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion made the announcement during … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM Over 300 workers at the Limetree Bay facility on the south shore of St. Croix were laid off Friday, a direct result of the oil refining halt that is projected to last for 60 days based on an Environmental Protection Agency order. The latest redundancy at the facility was not the first since … Continued
