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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albeit for health reasons withdrawn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.
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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.