3-time Olympian Trinidadian Deon Lendore dies in fatal car accident. Caribbean Today's top stories this week

3-time Olympian Trinidadian Deon Lendore dies in fatal car accident. Caribbean Today's top stories this week


Trinidadian Olympian Deon Lendore Killed in Car Accident in the United States

3-time Olympian Deon Lendore (File Photo)

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympics Committee (TTOC), Brian Lewis, Tuesday said he remains ”shocked and saddened” at the death of 29-year-old Olympian, Deon Lendore, in a car accident in Texas on Monday night.




New York Times Report: Haiti's PM Had Extended Contact With Prime Suspect in Assassination of President Moïse

NEW YORK, New York - Haiti’s prime minister is again being implicated in the murder of the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse in July.



Prime Minister Davis Leads Bahamas in Mourning the Death of Sir Sidney Poitier

Sir Sidney Poitier, first black man to win an Oscar (File Photo)

NASSAU, Bahamas –Prime Minister Philip Davis Friday instructed that the Bahamian flag be flown at half-mast here and at the country’s embassies across the globe, as he led Bahamians in paying respect to the iconic actor, activist, director and ambassador, Sir Sidney Poitier, who died at the age of 94.




Bermuda's Testing Chief Quits as COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket

Dr. Carika Weldon (Photo courtesy of Bermuda GIS)

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda’s active coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have soared beyond 1,100 as a scientist in charge of the island’s fight against the virus announced she is to leave the job at the end of the month after accusing the government of ignoring her advice.



The Bahamas Will Make More COVID Testing Free as the Country Prepares for the Omicron Variant

Prime Minister of The Bahamas Phillip Davis (file photo)

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government says it will make available, 1,000 free tests to the population daily, even as it warned that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) will seriously affect unvaccinated people in the coming months.