Views: 1,021 Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2021. 6:43 pm CST. By BBN Staff: Around the Caribbean, health officials are planning to increase COVID-19 testing capacity after the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced that all air passengers to the US will require a negative test within 72 hours of departure. As it is, Caribbean…
(Trinidad Guardian) The furore continued on Saturday over the murder of Andrea Bharatt, as angry words and rage-filled posts were heaped on Prime Minister Source
With two days left in Chennai, it is a matter of when rather than if an England defeat is confirmed. Source
What makes Anguilla’s beaches the best in the world? White, powdery sand that stretches for miles, pristine waters and the laid-back, welcoming attitude of the Anguillan people. Swim and sunbathe all day—and all year round—at romantic public beaches like the aptly-named Rendezvous Bay, then dance to calypso music at Anguilla’s annual summer festival. Source
(Trinidad Guardian) An internal police investigation has been ordered into the deaths of criminals Joel Balcon and Andrew Morris, two of the prime Source
Last year was a disaster for Caribbean tourism. Estimates suggest that visitor arrivals to the region fell by 75 percent in the last three quarters of 2020, causing overall Caribbean economic growth for the year to contract by 6.2 percent. Despite this, industry professionals now express cautious optimism that by the end of 2021 Caribbean…
Western Scientific, a Trinidadian company debarred by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for fraudulent practices, and the New Guyana Source
Wagner Araujo, 43, who has lived in London for 20 years, arrived at Heathrow Airport today via Madrid with his wife Elaine, 40, following a trip to Brazil where they went to visit a sick relative. Source
WESTERN BUREAU: As Canada locks out the Caribbean and Mexico from its borders, Jamaican tourism stakeholders are hopeful the United States will not take the same approach. The US is Jamaica’s largest source market, with Canada playing a significant role in second place. However, yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that as of Sunday,…
