Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez has been after the state and the county to open a coronavirus testing center at the Youth Fair grounds, where there is already a field hospital, and on Tuesday, he got word that testing would begin on Wednesday. Adults with COVID-19 symptoms must make an appointment first by calling 305-499-8767. On March […]
Miami-Dade commissioners will meet Tuesday for the first time since the COVID19 pandemic pretty much shuttered and cancelled everything, including the March 17 commission meeting. One might think it’s all going to be about the coronavirus numbers and the local government’s continuing response to its threat on our county, which is Florida’s epicenter, with 4,146 positive […]
Someone get Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes a map to the city, please. And pronto! Reyes went on Channel 7 News over the weekend from a COVID19 relief food distribution event at Miami City Casino — which he recently voted to settle a lawsuit with — and pretty much dissed the entire Brickell neighborhood, an area he […]
Was it just a bad dream? Furloughs proposed for healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital in the middle of the national coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of Miami-Dade residents testing positive only on the rise, have been called off. Thankfully. At least for now. “It won’t happen,” said Jackson Public Health Trust Chairman Joe Arriola on […]
We finally have proof that Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez failed kindergarten: He doesn’t play well with others. He can’t share. He can’t sit in circle time. On Friday, as the number of positive COVID19 county residents grew to 3,364 — and the number of county deaths to 25 — Gimenez told the White House to ignore the letter written […]
Two Miami-Dade bus drivers and an employee from the radio room have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, their union leader said, as transit workers — who are also on the front lines — continue to work without protective gear. And the southbound Route 9 bus in Aventura had 60 passengers on board Friday morning. […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis showed Wednesday that he is not a leader, but a follower. And he’s following the wrong people. DeSantis issued a statewide “stay-at-home” order Wednesday, one day after refusing to do so simply because President Donald Trump had a change of heart. He pretty much said so. He also literally took the “essential” […]
A new drive-through COVID19 testing center at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah will become the fifth location Thursday for people 65 and older who have any symptoms of the coronavirus — on top of on-demand home service for those who are homebound. And on Friday, all adult day care centers or clinics and medical centers that […]
The arguments have been made by both sides, now its up to the Third District Court of Appeals to decide if the city of Miami has the right to determine that the recall petitions against Commissioner Joe Carollo were late or if City Clerk Todd Hannon has to simply deliver them to the Miami-Dade Elections […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez took a tour Tuesday of the “field hospital” facility built on the grounds of the Dade County Youth Fair with 250 cots, not beds, and giant, trailer-like port-a-potties with showers in them for when a patient has to go. This hospital is reportedly to be used for non COVID19 patients. But […]