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Caribbean Rastafarians sceptical about COVID vaccine
LOOP NEWS
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Several members of the Rastafari community in the Caribbean are not keen on taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
SVG to have carnival if 80% of adults take jab by May
IWITNESS NEWS
KINGSTOWN, SVG - St. Vincent and the Grenadines will only have its annual carnival this year if 70 to 80% of the adult population is vaccinated against COVID-19 by May.
Royal Caribbean extends global suspension through May 31, 2021
THE STREET
Cruise-ship titan Royal Caribbean (RCL) - Get Report said Tuesday that it’s extending the suspension of most of its global fleet through May 31 from April 30.
Cases of UK COVID variant found in Jamaica
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
Jamaica's Ministry of Health has confirmed that the highly contagious UK strain of the COVID-19 variant is now present on the island.
Jamaican man denied UK citizenship despite living there for 43 years
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
A Jamaican man who has been prevented from returning to the United Kingdom (UK) for nine years despite living in that country for 43 years, has been refused British citizenship.
Caribbean, Latin America kids missing more school than anywhere else in globe- UNICEF
MIAMI HERALD
It has now been nearly a year since 4-year-old Sebastián García stepped into a classroom.
CXC exams to proceed in traditional format in June
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced that students will sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) in the traditional format, despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases being recorded in the region.
Reggae great Bunny Wailer dead at 73
AFP
Reggae icon Bunny Wailer, who co-founded The Wailers with Bob Marley in the 1960s and helped make the catchy Jamaican beat a global phenomenon, died on Tuesday. He was 73.
Dominican Republic receives China's Sinovac vaccine
CARIBBEAN NEWS NET
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) - The Dominican Republic received a shipment of vaccines developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac on Tuesday night, authorities said.
Criminal Sentences Agreement signed between SVG & Cuba
NEWS 784
An agreement to facilitate the repatriation of criminals to serve their sentences in their home country has been signed between St Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba.
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