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Caribbean Travel Marketplace Goes Virtual In 2021

For the first time in nearly 40 years, Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the annual gathering where Caribbean hospitality and tourism professionals meet with regional colleagues and international buyers and sellers, will…

February 23, 2021

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Caribbean Leaders Grateful That COVID-19 Vaccine Has Trickled Down To Them, Thanks Largely To India

ROSEAU — As the leader of a small Caribbean island still struggling to rebuild nearly four years after a devastating hurricane, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit never thought he would get…

February 22, 2021

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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…

February 20, 2021

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57 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Given In USA … And No Deaths Reported: CDC

ATLANTA — Fewer than 7,000 people reported having side effects from COVID-19 vaccines after the first 13.7 million doses were administered in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control…

February 20, 2021

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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.…

February 20, 2021

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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…

February 20, 2021

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A New U.S. Initiative Is Needed For The Caribbean: Expert OP-ED Columnist

When the economies of the Caribbean and Central America finally exit the pandemic, most will be in crisis. As a recent [International Monetary Fund] IMF review of The Bahamas put…

February 19, 2021

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FUTURE LOOKING EXTRA CRISPY! KFC Is Bioprinting Chicken Nuggets To Make Them Printer-Lickin’ Good

MOSCOW — When one thinks of KFC and its largely unchanging menu of fried chicken — innovation is not the first thing that naturally comes to mind. But a new…

February 19, 2021

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Health Department Touts New Treatment For People Diagnosed with COVID-19

CHRISTIANSTED — During Tuesday’s Government House weekly press briefing, Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis provided details about monoclonal antibodies treatments that are available to some residents who have been diagnosed with…

February 17, 2021

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Americans Go Ape For ‘Gorilla Glue Challenge’ … End Up In Emergency Rooms

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man ended up in the emergency room after doing the "Gorilla Glue Challenge," inspired by the viral story of a Louisiana woman who sprayed permanent adhesive all over…

February 12, 2021