Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Montego Bay Fire Station 70 per cent complete | News

Omar Sweeney, managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), says although the construction work on the headquarters of the Montego Bay Fire Station on Barnett Street in the…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Sixteen new COVID cases, 14 more recoveries | News

Jamaica today recorded 16 new #COVID cases, bringing the overall count to 790. Fourteen of the cases are patients who arrived on flights from the USA, while two are import-related.…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Jamaicans happy to be home, after being stranded abroad | News

Ninety-six Jamaicans who were stranded overseas for months due to border restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19, have finally returned home and have expressed elation to The Gleaner. They arrived…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Criminal Records Office to resume operation on Monday | News

The police say its Criminal Records Office locations are to resume operation tomorrow under special arrangements to reduce exposure to COVID-19. In a release, the Jamaica Constabulary Force said operating hours…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Canada to provide small business, property owners with relief loans | News

PROPERTY OWNERS and small-business tenants across Canada are to benefit from a government initiative that will provide rent relief and loan support for struggling businesses and families impacted by the…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Jamaica records 20% decline in road fatalities due to COVID-19 – NRSC | News

The National Road Safety Council is reporting that Jamaica recorded a 20% reduction in road fatalities islandwide compared to the corresponding period in 2019 due, in part, to the impact of the…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Municipal corporations to roll out disaster risk management programme | News

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says the island’s municipal corporations will be rolling out the first phase of their disaster risk mitigation programme in two weeks,…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Some couples unfazed as registry weddings fall | News

COVID-19 has put many significant events on hold, but many couples have remained determined to tie the knot. The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) offers registry weddings at 10 locations islandwide…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

COVID deaths rock Bronx church with large J’can congregation | News

With 21 reported deaths from COVID-19, a Bronx church that serves a large Jamaican community has been hit hard by the disease. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, located on Barnes Avenue…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Young men urged to use COVID-19 to educate and create | News

THE ECONOMIC fallout resulting from COVID-19 has left many people jobless and is affecting the ability of men living in inner-city communities who are constrained from their daily ‘hustle’ to…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

Montego Bay Fire Station 70 per cent complete | News

Sixteen new COVID cases, 14 more recoveries | News

Jamaicans happy to be home, after being stranded abroad | News

Criminal Records Office to resume operation on Monday | News

Canada to provide small business, property owners with relief loans | News

Jamaica records 20% decline in road fatalities due to COVID-19 – NRSC | News

Municipal corporations to roll out disaster risk management programme | News

Some couples unfazed as registry weddings fall | News

COVID deaths rock Bronx church with large J’can congregation | News

Young men urged to use COVID-19 to educate and create | News

Absentee and early voting surges for Minnesota primary

In New Zealand, Life Is Ordinary Again After 101 Days With No Community Spread

McDonald’s sues former CEO Easterbrook, alleges he lied about relationships he had with workers

Absentee and early voting surges for Minnesota primary

In New Zealand, Life Is Ordinary Again After 101 Days With No Community Spread

McDonald’s sues former CEO Easterbrook, alleges he lied about relationships he had with workers

Gas explosion levels 3 Baltimore homes; 1 dead, 1 trapped

Lebanon’s government resigns amid outrage over Beirut blast