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Trinidad churches partly re-open

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley allowed places of worship to re-open from Monday – but they can only operate at 25 percent capacity because of the coronavirus pandemic.

07 Sep, 2021

Cuban vendors adapting to change

Cuban entrepreneurs, running businesses ranging from selling dried fruit to repairing bikes and developing software, are scrambling to understand the opportunities and challenges ahead after a landmark change in the rules governing the Communist-run economy.

07 Sep, 2021

JA medics earn big from testing

Jamaica’s COVID-19 testing has become a source of riches for many local private doctors, some of whom are charging thousands of local dollars for a single test, with some even operating without certification from the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC).

07 Sep, 2021

Grenada imposes new lockdowns

The Grenada government has imposed no movement days as well as a daily curfew until Sept. 20 as the island battles with an upsurge in cases of COVID-19 that has killed four people in as many days and infected many others.

07 Sep, 2021

Jamaica just misses being red listed

Jamaica's tourist sector has been dealt a major blow with the United Kingdom advising against all non-essential travel there based on the Covid risks, although it didn’t go on the ‘red list’.

31 Aug, 2021

Lester Bird buried

Antigua and Barbuda’s late former Prime Minister Sir Lester Bryant Bird was laid to rest last Thursday after a state funeral at which he was remembered with many accolades.

31 Aug, 2021

St Kitts and Nevis tops CBI rankings

St Kitts and Nevis can boast that it is now has the best citizenship investment programme in the world by Professional Wealth Management, the magazine published by the Financial Times. St Kitts and Nevis is a dual-island nation situated between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

31 Aug, 2021

Cuba and Honduras get crypto

Cuba’s government will soon recognise and regulate cryptocurrencies for payments there. This comes on the back of Honduras introducing its own cryptocurrency.

31 Aug, 2021

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, 85, passes

Jamaica’s legendary music producer Lee “Scratch” Perry, whose pioneering work with roots reggae and dub elevated the island’s worldwide reputation in the arts, died Sunday, aged 85.

31 Aug, 2021

JA returns to temporary lockdown

Jamaica started prohibiting residents from leaving their homes on Sunday in the first of three lockdown weekends to contain an upsurge in coronavirus infections and shield its healthcare system, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said.

24 Aug, 2021
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