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 Caribbean Life, N 16     ovember 13-19, 2020 
 CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP 
 assessment and less stringent protocols  
 would  expose  citizens  and  residents  
 with elevated health risks. 
 He  said  after  discussing  the  matter  
 at length with Cabinet and the National  
 COVID-19  Task  Force  and  arrived  at  a  
 consensus  he  has  advised  the  CARICOM  
 Secretary  General,  Ambassador  
 Irwin  La  Rocque,  that  St.  Kitts  and  
 Nevis  has,  in  the  national  interest,  
 albeit  for  health  reasons  withdrawn  
 from  the  “bubble”  effective  immediately  
 and has advised the chief medical  
 officer  to  advise The Caribbean Public  
 Health Authority (CARPHA) of the government’s  
 decision. 
 Dr. Harris said as a result all travelers  
 from CARICOM countries now have  
 to undergo the 14-day mandatory quarantine  
 period  and  present  a  negative  
 PCR  test  72  hours  prior  to  arrival  in  
 St Kitts. 
 He said the government would continue  
 to monitor the regional situation  
 and examine ways in which it can best  
 facilitate  CARICOM  nationals  in  the  
 future. 
 Trinidad 
 Trinidad  and  Tobago  nationals  living  
 abroad, including the United States  
 who  want  to  come  to  Trinidad  and  
 Tobago for the Christmas will require  
 to  produce  a  negative  COVID-19  PCR  
 test  72  hours  before  
 entry. 
 This  was  disclosed  
 by  Prime  Minister  Dr.  
 Keith Rowley  during  a  
 news  conference  on  Saturday  at  the  
 Diplomatic Center, Port of Spain. 
 He said every effort is being made to  
 ensure people who want to return home  
 for the Christmas are able to do so. 
 But he said not all applications for  
 exemption can be granted, as the repatriation  
 process must be carefully managed  
 to avoid an explosion in COVID-19  
 cases. 
 The new protocols, which will take  
 effect from Nov. 15, will require returning  
 nationals  to  produce  a  COVID-19  
 negative PCR test 72 hours before entry  
 and upon arrival, the individual will be  
 tested  again  and  asked  to  quarantine  
 at a state facility or a state-supervised  
 facility. 
 They will be released if they produce  
 a second negative test result after seven  
 days. 
 Minister of National Security, Stuart  
 Young said state-supervised quarantine  
 option requires returning nationals to  
 cover the cost of their stay. 
 — Compiled by Azad Ali 
 Continued from Page 4  
 27th Annual CARAH Awards  
 set for Nov. 20 
 Dr. Claire Nelson, the Jamaican-born  
 president and founder of the Washington,  
 D.C.-based Institute for Caribbean Studies  
 (ICS), says that a COVID-19 researcher, an  
 author, a tech inventor and an artist are  
 among the individuals who will be honored  
 at the 27th Annual Caribbean American  
 Heritage (CARAH) Awards Gala on Friday,  
 Nov. 20, 2020. 
 Dr. Nelson said on Sunday that the prestigious  
 event recognizes “the accomplishments  
 of Caribbean Diaspora leaders in  
 various fields, while celebrating Caribbean  
 pride and the great contributions of Caribbean  
 immigrants to America.” 
 “ICS’ Caribbean American Heritage  
 Awards is the leading honors event by the  
 Caribbean Diaspora for people in the Caribbean  
 Diaspora,” she said. 
 The 2020 honorees include Dr. Swinburne  
 Augustine, COVID Test Research  
 Scientist, of Dominican heritage; Trinidad 
 born Andrea McKenzie, artist; Grenadian  
 inventor and investor Dr. Nicholas  
 Braithwaite; Frederick Morton, Esq., founder  
 of Tempo TV, of Nevis and USVI heritage;  
 and Jamaica’s beloved reggae giant, Mark  
 Anthony Myrie, aka Buju Banton. 
 Dr. Nelson said announcements of additional  
 honorees will continue over the coming  
 weeks leading up to the event, which  
 will take place after the Invest SMART  
 Caribbean Agribusiness Forum. 
 “The  Caribbean  American  Heritage  
 Awards, which is held under the patronage  
 of the Caribbean Diplomatic Corps celebrates  
 members of the Caribbean Diaspora  
 who have been exceptionally successful in  
 their fields at the national or international  
 level,” she said. 
 Nelson said ICS started this event 27  
 years ago “in an effort to highlight to the  
 American society at large the caliber of  
 individuals who claimed Caribbean American  
 ancestry, and to provide a forum for  
 honoring and recognizing their contributions  
 to America and the world. 
 “And this remains important today,  
 given the rising anti-immigrant rhetoric,”  
 she said. 
 Over the past 26 years, over 100 leaders  
 and influencers, such as Susan Taylor,  
 former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine;  
 Rita Marley, reggae matriarch and philanthropist; 
  Dr. Velma Scantlebury, kidney  
 transplant surgeon; George Willie, chief  
 executive officer of Bert Smith and Company; 
  actress Cicely Tyson; and the late Toots  
 Hibbert, have received CARAH honors. 
 Friends of the Caribbean lauded have  
 included Congresswoman Barbara Lee,  
 Congressman Eliot Engel; and the former  
 UN Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew  
 Young. 
 The  2020  Gala  will  be  hosted  by  television  
 personality Neki Mohan, a former  
 CARAH honoree, who is of Trinidadian  
 heritage.