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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.
Four Caribbean countries affected as US$20,000 Visa Bond programme made permanent
JAMAICA OBSERVER
WASHINGTON D.C, USA- A Visa Bond Programme requiring nationals from specific countries to pay up to US$20,000 before being granted a United States (US) Visa will become permanent on August 3 after what the US government says is a successful pilot.
Guyana gov’t ends MV Barima search & recovery exercise
CMC
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- The Guyana government on Tuesday said that the search and recovery operations following the MV Barima tragedy, resulting in the deaths of 73 people and more than 30 others missing and presumed dead, have ended.
FBI assisting in missing person investigation
NOW GRENADA
ST. GEORGE, Grenada- The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has enlisted the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as part of its investigation into the disappearance of 44-year-old North Carolina Physical Therapist Elizabeth “Liz” Waddell, while emphasising that the case remains a missing person investigation and that no conclusions have been reached.
St. Jude Hospital misses July target for full commissioning
ST. LUCIA TIMES
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia- During Monday’s Cabinet press briefing, Health Minister Moses Jn Baptiste said the full commissioning of the rebuilt St Jude Hospital, initially expected to be completed by the end of July, will not meet that deadline.
New banknotes to honour C’bean icons as Queen’s image removed
ST KITTS OBSERVER
ROSEAU, Dominica- The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has unveiled a newly redesigned series of EC banknotes that will celebrate the people, history and achievements of the eight member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), marking a historic shift away from featuring the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Police investigating viral claims of human remains found off Parham Coast
ANTIGUA NEWS
PARHAM COAST, Antigua and Barbuda- The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has launched an active investigation into disturbing claims circulating on social media that human remains were discovered underwater approximately three nautical miles east of Parham Dock.
Cuba plunged into third nationwide blackout in two weeks as power grid collapses
EURO NEWS
HAVANA, Cuba- Fuel has been scarce across Cuba since January, when US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that supplies or sells oil to the island, exacerbating the island's continuing financial and economic crises.
Reggae singer Fantan Mojah has died
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Reggae singer Fantan Mojah has died aged 49, just three weeks before his 50th birthday.
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