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CARPHA establishes regional reference laboratory in Jamaica
CMC
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has established a new regional reference referral laboratory here, boosting the region’s capacity to track, test and respond to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Mother, 28, dies days after Rodney Bay incident
ST LUCIA TIMES
RODNEY BAY, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia- Twenty-eight-year-old mother Tenisha Yarde has died just over a week after she was run over by a bus during an altercation in Rodney Bay, Gros Islet.
Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors
AL JAZEERA
CALI, Colombia- Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake this century killed at least 250 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local authorities.
Andy Burnham holding emergency meeting today after urgent alerts issued across UK
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
LONDON, England, UK- Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused widespread wildfires and plunged many parts of the country into drought.
$562,100 contract signed to repair Nurse Iris O'Neal Medical Centre's roof
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Work on the roof of the Nurse Iris O’Neal Medical Centre on Virgin Gorda will commence soon, following the signing of a $562,100 contract between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Professional Roofing Ltd.
Aquatic Rentals suspending ferry service between VI & USVI from August 31, 2026
WEST END, Tortola, VI- In what has come as a surprise to many, Aquatic Rentals Ferry Service has announced it is discontinuing its ferry service between the Virgin Islands (VI) and the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
VI-born evangelist named General Presbyter-Select Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean Islands
HOFFMAN, St Thomas, USVI- Virgin Islands-born Bishop Dr Carswell Adolph Leonard was recently named by the International Presbytery of the Church of God of Prophecy as General Presbyter-Select for the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands.
Motor scooter rider injured after hit by car in SCB
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- A motor scooter rider was taken to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital with injuries after he was reportedly hit by a vehicle in Sea Cows Bay sometime last night, Monday, August 10, 2026.
'Why isn’t there a similar sort of outrage about crime' in VI?- Elvin G. Grant
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Talking Points co-host Elvin G. Grant is demanding greater public outrage and sustained pressure over violent crimes in the territory, warning that a breakdown in law and order is allowing daylight shootings to go unpunished.
ECVA hosting National Referees Volleyball Course in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) is hosting a National Referees Course in the Virgin Islands (VI).
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