Caribbean country heeds worst-hit Lombardy's plea for help HAVANA, CUBA – A group of Cuban doctors and nurses flew to Lombardy, Italy to assist the Mediterranean country in its crucial fight against the novel coronavirus. In a report by Reuters, 52 medical practitioners made up the
The management of Sandals and Beaches Resorts announced the temporary closure of their properties in the Caribbean amid the spread of the pandemic COVID-19. Sandals and Beaches Resort, an all-inclusive luxury resort chain that operates nineteen properties across seven Caribbean islands, will be closed for a month and a half. In
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a messaging service through WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people worldwide safe from COVID-19. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that
By Caribbean News Now contributor HAVANA, Cuba – Canada restored some visa services at its Embassy in Havana from August 1, 2019, including visa and biometric services, fingerprints and photos needed for applications done at the embassy, as well as drop off and pick up passports/visas. This
NEW YORK, USA – Dina Lonesco is the head of the migration, environment, and climate change division at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has been at the forefront of efforts to study the links between migration, the environment, and climate. As she explained to UN News, we
GENEVA, Switzerland – A new study by World Health Organisation (WHO), published on Friday in Lancet Global Health, found that investing $6 billion per year in eliminating hepatitis in 67 low – and middle-income countries would avert 4.5 million premature deaths by 2030 and more
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – CDEMA and the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at CDEMA headquarters ensuring cooperation on disaster risk management. The MoU, which was signed by Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Leona Marlin-Romeo and executive director of CDEMA, Ronald
ST JOHNS, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne fulfilled a promise made three years ago to the president of the Dominican Republic to transfer one acre of land for the construction of an embassy and residences for the Dominican Republic in St John’s, presented the land certificate to foreign
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Brendon La Touche is currently in the United States participating in the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). He is taking part in a three-week project on “Combating Trafficking in Persons” from July 6 to July 27. La Touche
By Caribbean News Now contributor BASSETERRE, St Kitts – St Kitts and Nevis hosting of the Caribbean Investment Summit coincides with the 35th anniversary of its pioneering Citizenship by Investment Programme (CBI); is also where several major CBI projects dot the landscape either abandoned or incomplete. It seems more evident than not, that
