Breaking News: USCIS & Consular Updates

Breaking News: USCIS & Consular Updates

USCIS offices throughout the country are cancelling immigrant interviews in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Local offices include, but are not limited, to Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. USCIS also announced the temporary suspension of premium processing service for fiscal year (FY) 2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions.   USCIS will resume premium processing for FY 2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions […]

Two Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Barbados; Public Gatherings Curtailed as Country Enters Stage 1 of COVID-19 Preparedness Plan

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic making the announcement this morning.

Two Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Barbados; Public Gatherings Curtailed as Country Enters Stage 1 of COVID-19 Preparedness Plan

By Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday March 17, 2020 – The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached Barbados. Minister of Health and Wellness Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic announced today that two people who came in from the United States have the virus. One is a 48-year-old male visitor who arrived on March 13 and the other, a 39-year-old […]

Schools in Antigua Closed; Classes At UWI Campus Suspended in Response to COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton

Schools in Antigua Closed; Classes At UWI Campus Suspended in Response to COVID-19

By Caribbean360 ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, Monday, March 16, 2020 – All schools in Antigua and Barbuda closed today, while classes at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus have been suspended, in an effort to mitigate against the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). There has been one confirmed case of […]

Jamaica Turns to Cuban Nurses to Help Cope with Coronavirus; Confirmed Cases Increase to 10

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton

Jamaica Turns to Cuban Nurses to Help Cope with Coronavirus; Confirmed Cases Increase to 10

By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday, March 16, 2020 – The first batch of 21 specialist nurses from Cuba will arrive in Jamaica on March 24, to boost the capacity of the health system to deal with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). “We’re trying to get about 100 additional specialist nurses in the system, focusing primarily on high […]

Guyana Elections Body Ready for Vote Recount in Disputed Polls

“…We are basically disconnecting ourselves from the international community for the next 14 days,” said Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley.

Guyana Elections Body Ready for Vote Recount in Disputed Polls

By Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday, March 16, 2020 – Two weeks after Guyanese went to the polls to elect a new government, preparations are now in place for the start of a national recount as agreed to by President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). But the Guyana Elections Commission […]

Trinidad & Tobago Shuts Out International Community To Stem Spread of COVID-19; Schools Closed

“…We are basically disconnecting ourselves from the international community for the next 14 days,” said Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley.

Trinidad & Tobago Shuts Out International Community To Stem Spread of COVID-19; Schools Closed

By Caribbean360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday March 16, 2020 – Trinidad and Tobago will not allow anyone other than its nationals to enter the country – except under exceptional circumstances – for the next two weeks, while bars and schools will be closed, as the country seeks to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus […]

Disgraced Hollywood film titan Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years as six accusers watch from front row at Manhattan hearing; defense to appeal

Disgraced Hollywood film titan Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years as six accusers watch from front row at Manhattan hearing; defense to appeal

NEW YORK – FEB 21, 2020: Harvey Weinstein leaves court during jury deliberation for his trial on February 21, 2020, in New York. (Shutterstock) By Molly Crane-Newman, Noah Goldberg and Larry McShane, NY Daily News Convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years behind bars Wednesday by a Manhattan judge who ignored his […]

NATIONAL STATEMENT: COVID-19 Delivered by Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

NATIONAL STATEMENT: COVID-19 Delivered by Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton

PHOTO: JIS PHOTOGRAPHER Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton Ladies and gentlemen of the press, Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Other stakeholders. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this afternoon for what is an important development with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Jamaica today confirmed its first […]

Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States

Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States

Some people will describe him as conservative-liberal. Others will say he is the socialist-minded Brooklyn-born, New –Yorker turned Vermont senator with a great sense of humor. Among other circles, he is to them, a man with the right amount of Republican ideologies balanced out with the right measure of Democratic values, a rare combination but […]

Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Bernie Sanders

Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Bernie Sanders

Venice Beach, California on December 21, 2019: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on stage at a campaign rally for Senator Bernie Sanders (Shutterstock) By Gregory Krieg and Kate Sullivan, CNN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez never hid from the fact that choosing between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, as she weighed her 2020 presidential endorsement, would be a […]