Japanese pay their last respects to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead while speaking at an election campaign in western Japan's Nara city last Friday. Family, close friends and foreign dignitaries attended the funeral of Abe hosted by his widow, Akie Abe. The streets
Sargassum, a smelly seaweed, has been invading majority of Caribbean islands including Jamaica. Hence, the Government is taking steps to put it into use and mitigate its effects. Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Orville Palmer, said that there is a project
UN News - 15 November 2022 is predicted to be the day that the global population reaches eight billion. The projection is revealed in the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report, which also shows that India is on course to surpass China as the world’s
Krishan Francis and Elaine Kurtenbach, AP News - Sri Lanka’s prime minister said late last month that the island nation’s debt-laden economy had “collapsed” as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. Short of cash to pay for imports of such necessities and
The Government of Dominica has extended the deadline for citizens to upgrade to e-passports from August 31, 2022, to December 31, 2022. Minister for National Security Rayburn Blackmoore announced that the decision was made considering heavy demand and many requests from the public “Your government, therefore, has decided
The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is hosting a two-day International Music and Food Festival this July 30-31, 2022, at the Saca Chispas Field in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The first of its kind, the Belize International Music and Food Festival aims to showcase local and international
Ever since Dominica was decimated by a typhoon and a hurricane in a span of three years, the island has been determined on building back better infrastructure and livelihood programs to become the world's first climate-resilient nation. And high officials from the other side of
UN NEWS—Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, health, education, and security across countries worldwide, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 reveals that the convergence of increased fighting, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic,
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Eileen Ng— Friday’s shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an “act of terrorism” while European leaders slammed the “despicable” attack. Tributes poured in as governments expressed sorrow
The Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an immense protected area covering around 11 per cent of the national territory, is recognized for its tabletop mountains and endless biodiversity – some believed to be undiscovered – and remains for the most part inaccessible and unaffected by
