PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Police Commissioner Gary Griffith said Monday at least 250,000 people have applied for exemptions under the eight-hour curfew that came into effect last weekend in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday outlined plans to provide financial support to persons affected by the clampdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as health authorities said at least one million people here needed to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Seismic activity at the La Soufriere volcano remains low and in the last 24 hours only a few long-period, hybrid and volcano-tectonic earthquakes have been recorded and there was no further tremor.

The Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee (MBOCHC) and the South Florida Carnival Bandleaders Association have announced that they will host the 37th annual Miami Carnival cultural festival on Columbus Day weekend. 

Plantation, Fla. : On June 6, 2021, Island SPACE Caribbean Museum will host its inaugural celebration and fundraiser, Magic at the Museum. A fusion of Caribbean talent, celebrity and storytelling will demonstrate to online and in-person attendees how Island SPACE truly reflects its slogan, “a place where Caribbean cultures unite.”  

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 211 helpline for use by children at risk of abuse or persons who wish to make a report will be launched next month, Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams said Wednesday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says farmers, as well as other people, employed in the volcano Red Zone will get income support of either EC$500 or EC$400 (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) per month for the rest of the year to help cope with loss of income as a result of the eruption of La Soufriere.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The administration of Premier Andrew Fahie has increased the quarantine period for unvaccinated travelers entering the territory from four days to seven days.

NEW YORK, NY– A former Barbados government minister, Donville Innis, was sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday after he was found guilty by a federal jury in January last year for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him by executives of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Behind Louise Lawrence’s friendly smile and pleasant manner is a steely resolve.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government has announced a four-week extension of measures aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic here amidst warnings that the extension could last for six weeks.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidadian-born poet, Desiree Seebaran, Saturday won the 2021 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP), defeating entrants from seven other Caribbean countries for the region’s only prize for emerging writers.