THE WEATHER CHANNEL-A massive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert is the thickest in decades to reach the Caribbean Sea, and some of the dust is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the United States later this week. Known as the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), this dry dust plume … Continued
Caribbean National weekly HAMILTON, Bermuda – it was recently announced that Bermuda is to get its first female and first black Governor later this year. Government House said Rena Lalgie, who is married with two children, will succeed John Rankin in December 2020. Lalgie, who is currently the director of the Office of Financial Sanctions … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As Puerto Rico considers lifting pandemic quarantine restrictions, health officials said Wednesday that the U.S. territory passed its peak of coronavirus cases and related deaths more than two months ago — though independent experts said those numbers are in doubt. Miguel Valencia, a health department consultant, said … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has declared Tuesday a day of mourning in honor of George Floyd and in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, and he ordered that flags in the U.S. Virgin Islands be flown at half-staff. “Last week I shared my thoughts on the death of George Floyd, race … Continued
Source:Loop The family of a Jamaican-born man is seeking justice after he was shot dead during a routine traffic stop by a police trooper in New Jersey in the United States, just two days before the captivating death of George Floyd. The incident occurred on May 23 along the Garden State Parkway in Bass River, … Continued
Source: Loop News Though slower than the rest of the world, COVID-19 cases continue to mount in the Caribbean. These are the statistics as of June 5th, 2020; • Dominican Republic-18,319 cases, 520 deaths, 11,474 recovered • Puerto Rico- 4620 cases (unique positive patients), 141 deaths • Haiti- 2640 cases, 50 deaths, 24 recovered • … Continued
Jamaica Observer The Caribbean Community, at the invitation of the Government of St Kitts Nevis, is fielding a Caricom Election Observation Mission to monitor today’s general election in the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. According to Caricom, the three-member mission will be headed by Gasper Jean Baptiste, chief elections officer of St Lucia, who … Continued
VI Consortium St. Croix District Police Chief Sidney Elskoe said the Criminal Investigations and Special Operations bureaus executed search warrants Friday, May 29th, at multiple St. Croix locations tied to active investigations into the senseless killings of 19-year-old Selena Chitolie and Gyasi Chiverton, 22, in a brazen daylight shooting outside of the Thomas Bakery in … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM ST. CROIX — A man was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon at the Juan F. Luis Hospital following an altercation with a security guard at the Neighborhood Pharmacy in Estate Mountain which resulted in the man — who suffered with mental illness — disarming the security guard and turning the weapon on himself. According … Continued
THE WASHINGTON POST – We may be only on the second day of the official 2020 hurricane season, but already we’re tracking our third named tropical system in the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Cristobal was spinning in the Bay of Campeche at midday Tuesday. By the end of the week, the system is expected to slowly … Continued
