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Lockdown ‘forces changes at A&B Music Supplies’

Long-time music store A&B Music Supplies, a fixture in the entertainment equipment and sound scene, is to close its Sheraton Mall outlet at month-end and operate solely from its main store at 12 Webster Industrial Park, Wildey. It has also revealed plans to expand in other areas as part of major restructuring and consolidation plans […]

Be responsible on the road

News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 9 Minutes Ago Nicole Figuera. – Relatives of Nicole Figuera, the 52-year-old mother of four who was killed when the driver of a Nissan Primera car crashed into her and her husband while they were on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway on Sunday morning, are calling for drivers to be responsible on the […]

Caribbean Airlines flies 276 people to regional countries

News Narissa Fraser 8 Minutes Ago A Caribbean Airlines sign at Piarco International Airport. The airline announced on Saturday it has flown 276 people on repatriation flights across the Caribbean since Thursday. – ROGER JACOB Caribbean Airlines has completed its second phase of repatriation flights for Caribbean nationals who were granted exemptions to return to […]

Jamaican dancer Dr L’Antoinette Stines seeks US$150k in suit against Jay-Z, Beyonce

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican choreographer Dr L’Antoinette Stines is seeking in excess of US$150,000 in her suit against entertainment mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and his pop music superstar wife Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Stines is artistic director of L’Acadco, a united Caribbean dance force. In court documents, obtained by the Jamaica Observer’s Splash, Stines who is listed as […]

Discussions continue on Eleven-plus logistics, new school year

Education officials are considering a blend of face-to-face teaching with online learning when secondary and primary schools reopen in September, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw announced on Friday. And she acknowledged that it would be difficult to enforce physical distancing regulations with a full reopening of classes. Addressing journalists after receiving 160 tablets from the […]

Eleven teachers have now tested positive for COVID-19 at Moruca

The Ministry of Education (M0E) today said that a total of eleven teachers of the Moruca sub-district, Region One have tested positive for the Coronavirus as of noon today. As of yesterday the figure was six.  In a release, the ministry said that the Regional Health Officer (RHO) has since advised that with the increasing […]

‘Slight increase in food prices’ in Tobago

Tobago Kinnesha George 3 Hrs Ago Finance Secretary Joel Jack. PHOTO COURTESY THA – KINNESHA GEORGE-HARRY A slight increase in food prices has been observed at Tobago’s supermarkets, according to Secretary of Finance and the Economy Joel Jack. Jack made the announcement during Wednesday’s weekly post-Executive Council media briefing at the Anne Mitchell Gift Auditorium […]

Twelve new COVID-19 cases reported in Region One

Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud today reported 12 new cases of the Coronavirus in Region One. An edited version of Dr Persaud’s statement today follows: Fellow Guyanese, I am Dr Shamdeo Persaud, Chief Medical Officer and thank you for joining me for today’s COVID-19 update. If you are following the updates in the Caribbean […]