ANECDOTAL Light at the end of the COVID-19 Tunnel? Trial Drug (REMDESIVIR) given credit for CORONA PATIENT RECOVERY

A Palo Alto (CA) senior (Monica Yeung Arima)  tested positive for the CORONA VIRUS after being admitted to Stanford Hospital -- upon developing a fever and feeling unwell for a few days.

The patient  had underlying medical conditions, including asthm

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CUBA USES 'WONDER DRUG' TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS AROUND WORLD DESPITE U.S. SANCTIONS

BY TOM O'CONNOR - Newsday

Cuba has mobilized its medical corps around the world to distribute a new "wonder drug" that officials there say is capable of treating the new coronavirus despite the United States' strict sanctions that continue to pressur

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"Every Kinda People" -1978 - This Robert Palmer-classic features Robert Greenidge on steelpan and Freddie Harris on guitar

USA - This Robert Palmer-classic features Robert Greenidge on steelpan and Freddie Harris on guitar.

Musicians: 

• Robert Palmer – vocals, guitar
• Paul Barrere & Freddie Harris – guitar
• James Alan Smith – keyboards
• Bob Babbitt – bass Allan Schwartzberg

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Trouble in the Morning - A Moment in Pan

A song from and for better times

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Free and empty buses in New York - Corona virus update.

Buses are now free in NYC as a result of the Corona virus outbreak. As a means of protecting the drivers passengers are only allowed to enter through the rear.  No contact with the driver is allowed.

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First community transfer of COVID-19 in T&T!!! Trini-born principal, 36, dies in Brooklyn of covid19 complications

Guardian March 24, 2020

"Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of community transmission of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

This means the person contracted the infection while in the country.According to a release sent out by the Ministry

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Manu Dibango : African saxophone legend dies of Covid-19 - best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa

BBC

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The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus.

Dibango – best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19.

The 86-year-old fused jazz and

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All KINDA PEOPLE making CORONA VIRUS MUSIC -- WHAT HAPPEN TO PAN ... dey waiting for PANORAMA 2021

NPR March 19, 2020

Cardi B's Coronavirus Rant Lands On Pop Charts

"Last Wednesday, Cardi B posted a 46-second video on Instagram, venting her frustrations and fears about the spread of the coronavirus. At the end of the clip, she yells out "Coronavi

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Takes The Spotlight In Coronavirus Response

NPR March 24th, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at the center of attention as the state and New York City have become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

And longtime observers say Cuomo's natural strengths: decisiveness, taking

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Almost ONE MONTH after CARNIVAL 2020 and ZERO CASES of COMMUNITY SPREAD in Trinidad and Tobago!!!

51 CASES to date and ALL 51 CASES had a history of recent travel.

"The Ministry of Health confirms that all positive covid19 cases, thus far, have been imported."

QUITE INTRIGUING!!!

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Meet Billy Cobham - Composer, Producer, Educator Legendary Drummer and Performing Artist - UpClose!

New York, USA - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham speaks on his life-long relationship with the steelpan instrument and the cultural influences from childhood to adult that have impacted his music an

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RonaFever -- A Khuent Rose Public Service Announcement

Required Listening - RonaFever 

I do this to ease the tension of our situation, not to ridicule those suffering-
whether from infection or hysteria. ...Khuent Rose

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Well it seems that DONALD TRUMP finally met HIS MATCH in a VIRUS ...

That WEDNESDAY MISFIRE could be the start of the FALL OF THE DONALD. The stock market will tell tale in the NEXT WEEK!!!

But the DEMOCRATS have their own INTERNAL PROBLEMS -- Bring back OBAMA or MOVE FORWARD!!!

I say: This is 2020 -- Let's MOVE FORWA

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NCC: Official Statement on Disbursement of Outstanding Payments to Steelband Players in Trinidad & Tobago [There is a CATCH here; make sure allyuh CATCH IT]

NCC: Official Statement on Disbursement of Outstanding Payments to Steelband Players in Trinidad & Tobago

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Rush for flour, bread, cellphones in Tobago [And TOBAGO PAN PLAYERS cannot even afford to buy SALT with their BOUNCED CHECKS]

Guardian March 22, 2020

Tobagonians have started stocking up on cellular phones, radios, flour and bread.

Mohammed Nasir Uddin, who operates Mumtaz Enterprises at the Gulf City Mall, Lowlands, said customers had started acquiring phones, cables, batt

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A Look at Pan City - Panorama 2020

See the layout of the new Pan City

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Digicel to feature local artistes in online Cameo Concert series

Loop news

As citizens turn to social media for entertainment to pass the time while staying indoors to avoid infection of the coronavirus, Digicel has teamed up with various local artistes to deliver an online Cameo Concert series.

The concerts will

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How long will New York’s coronavirus lockdown last? Could the "cure" become worse than the disease?

New York Post March 20, 2020

"The costs for some will be absolutely brutal: Lots of people are now concerned that they won’t be able to put food on the table after a week or two. Policymakers at all levels of government are grappling with how to put

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Bugs: I am NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN on THIS FORUM!!! Yuh gone with your EXPONENTIAL STORY and encourage ALL THEM GOVERNORS and MAYORS to LOCK DOWN THEIR PEOPLE ...

... and now I CANNOT leave THE HOUSE ... because of YOU.

EVERY POLITICIAN trying to PIMP THE CORONA for their OWN POLITICAL GAIN ... and I have to STAY HOME.

285+ PEOPLE DEAD SO FAR ... out of 333,000,000 ... ah doh even think my calculator could cal

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Happy Birthday - Meet Amanda Lawrence of Dominica

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Dominica, W.I. - From the Caribbean island of Dominica to the Ivy League walls of Princeton University, the pan has always been by her side. It is simply her joy. Her romance with the pan and pan cult

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