The International Police (INTERPOL) has issued a global alert to all 194 member countries, including those in the Caribbean region, to be vigilant as fraudsters target governments with COVID-19 vaccine scams. In the alert issued, INTERPOL said that at least 60 cases in 40 countries around
A number of hotels in the Caribbean have included complete vaccination against COVID-19 as a mandatory requirement to guests before entering the premises. A recent article by Forbes revealed that Elite Island Resorts, a major hotel group that boasts an all-inclusive nine hotels in the Caribbean and Central
UN NEWS—The global initiative to save the planet's biodiversity on land and water must not be allowed to threaten the world's most vulnerable people, a top human rights expert said on Thursday. Under a UN-backed global biodiversity framework draft agreement, countries have agreed to protect 30
Category 1 Hurricane Grace has moved inland over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after sweeping through Haiti and other Caribbean islands this week as a tropical storm. On Thursday, the hurricane made landfall near Tulum, to the south of Cancun, around 4:45 a.m. and was moving west across the peninsula
UN NEWS—Four days after a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south-western Haiti, the level of destruction and desperation is becoming increasingly evident, the United Nations said on Wednesday, noting that the death toll has surged to nearly 2,000. After back-to-back crises in the beleaguered country – Saturday’s earthquake followed on Monday by Tropical Depression Grace –
UN News - Climate-related and geophysical events resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed. Extreme weather and climate change are threatening the entire
On Monday, August 16, Caribbean Airlines resumed commercial operations to Saint Lucia with a non-stop service from Piarco International Airport (POS), Trinidad. The arrival of BW432 at George F.L. Charles Airport (SLU), marked the airline’s first voyage to the destination since its closure in 2020 amid
Dominica Health Minister Dr Irving McIntyre confirmed the country's first COVID-19 death - a 46-year-old female, with pre-existing medical conditions. According to the Ministry, the patient was admitted to the COVID Isolation Unit on August 14th and passed away on August 17th, 2021. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Ivory Coast for the first time in 25 years, the country’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. Health Minister Pierre Dimba said that it was an isolated case of an 18-year-old girl who had travelled to Ivory Coast
The Caribbean Young Democrat Union (CYDU), the Youth Wing of the CDU, in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) hosted a Power Panel on “Youth Voter Apathy in the Caribbean” on Thursday 12th August 2021. The event was hosted by Mr Nick Francis,
