A magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Indonesia's West Java region, with rescuers attempting to reach survivors trapped under the wreckage as night fell amid a series of aftershocks. The earthquake's epicentre was the village of Cianjur, located approximately 75
Barbados secured a major "game-changer" contract with the Government of Rwanda to establish a new pharmaceutical industry, the first in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the announcement during a press conference at the Grantley Adams International Airport. She told reporters that the accords
In a release by the Dominica Electoral Office, forty-five (45) candidates will contest in the December 6 general elections — nineteen (19) of whom are independent. The independent candidates were nominated in the following constituencies were: Castle Bruce – Kelvin Cadette Grand Bay – Henry Shillingford Mahaut – Dunstan
UN News - A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that some 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases – with three out of four affected living in low and middle-income countries. “Oral health has long been neglected in global health, but many
COP27 closing statement from AOSIS Chair, The Honourable Minister Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda AOSIS promised the world we would not leave Sharm El Sheikh without achieving the establishment of a loss and damage response fund. A mission thirty years in the making has been accomplished. We
The Government of Canada will carry out biometric processing for persons wishing to obtain visas in Saint Kitts and Nevis from December 5 to 7, 2022. As part of the visa application process, nationals from Saint Kitts and Nevis must provide biometric information (fingerprints and a
Non-communicable diseases are said to be the leading causes of death in Dominica and the government has vowed to tackle the situation head-on. A coordinator will be appointed by the government to address the issue of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the island, according to Dr.
UN News - Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely managed sanitation for their populations and meet the sanitation target laid out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “SDG 6.2 is about ending open
UN News - Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday. Uganda is going through a major deadly disease outbreak, and
Barbados will honour nearly 6,000 Barbadians at the 2nd Humanitarian Awards Ceremony for their efforts to ensure the health and welfare of the country during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak. During the ceremony beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 20, at Kensington Oval, frontline
