MIAMI — A Florida anesthesiologist has been arrested and charged with a hate crime for assaulting a Hispanic man outside a supermarket, according to news outlets citing police reports. The Miami Herald reports that Dr. Jennifer Susan Wright, 58, became enraged after the man asked her in Spanish to keep her distance due to COVID-19 guidelines while […]
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Jamaica Should Repeal Gay Sex Ban, Says America’s Top LGBT+ Rights Body
KINGSTON — Jamaica should repeal its colonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Americas said this week, in a symbolic landmark ruling on LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean. Two Jamaicans who initiated the case in 2011 — after they were attacked by homophobic gangs and sought asylum overseas — said the 1864 […]
Cuban Anti-Communist Jam Featuring Gente de Zona Goes Viral, Sparks State Fury
HAVANA — A group of Miami-based Cuban musicians including reggaeton duo Gente de Zona launched an impassioned anti-Communist anthem this week that has gone viral, sparking a furious state response. Gente de Zona, Yotuel of hip-hop band Orishas fame and singer-songwriter Descemer Bueno collaborated on the song with two rappers in Cuba, Maykel Osorbo and […]
Lee Rohn Gets $600,000 For St. Croix Woman Who Slipped And Fell In Puddle Inside Pueblo Supermarket
CHRISTIANSTED — A slip and fall in Pueblo Supermarket will set its Florida-based owners back $600,000. The Virgin Islands Supreme Court affirmed that jury award for a St. Croix case that has been wending its way through the territorial court system for at least 12 years. Leonor Mercedes Palermo was shopping with a friend at […]
Homeless Man Snubs Nose At Court, Vowing To Return To Kmart After Release From Jail Despite Store Ban
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A repeat offender has vowed to return to Kmart once he is released from jail, despite a Superior Court ruling saying he can’t. Leon Alphonso Wilkins, 35, of no fixed address, has been banned from going within 10 feet of all Kmarts in St. Thomas, after two employees testified that he’s been […]
Former Health Commish Dr. Alfred Heath Gets COVID-19 Vaccine With Schneider Hospital Staff: VIDOH
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Frontline healthcare workers at the Schneider Regional Medical Center continued their efforts to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, which was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Virgin Islands Department of Health along with SRMC received the first of the territory’s […]
Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Sitting On An ‘Insane Fortune’ If He Is Still Alive To Enjoy It
Bitcoin is back in the news in a major way. The cryptocurrency first peaked in the mainstream back in late 2017 when the price rocketed up to $19,000 in a matter of weeks. The price ebbed and flowed over the next few years, dropping as low as $3,400 in November 2018. In recent months, bitcoin […]
New $176 Million Airport Expansion Planned For Tobago At Crown Point
SCARBOROUGH — A total of $176.9 million will be spent on the construction of a new airport terminal in Tobago, along with an upgrade of existing facilities and the acquisition of land in Crown Point to complete the expansion. At the contract signing ceremony for the ANR Robinson International Airport Expansion Project this week, Finance […]
Caribbean People At Risk Of Prolonging COVID-19 To Their Detriment: OP-ED
People in the Caribbean who refuse to take vaccinations to counter the coronavirus will cause the COVID-19 pandemic to remain longer in the region, endangering lives, livelihoods, and entire economies. Whatever genuine fears may exist, these people must be educated about the value of the vaccine to their own health, and they must be encouraged […]
Bolivian City Uses Cold Chicken Truck To Move COVID-19 Vaccines
LA PAZ (Reuters) — A Bolivian city has resorted to using a refrigerated chicken truck to keep COVID-19 vaccines cold, a reflection of how the pandemic is straining resources in developing countries as they look to ramp up inoculations with limited infrastructure. Vaccines doses that arrived in the central city of Trinidad were taken from […]