"We must increase investment in resilient public infrastructure designed to last and shelters designed and planned to preserve life." This was one of the highlights of the Caribbean Community Secretary-General's speech at the opening ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) held
Release - As part of its ongoing activities to prevent and control vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in the Region, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) visited the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in December 2022. The CARPHA team met with Government officials and Vector Control Officers
As part of a set of new anti-smoking legislation voted by parliament on Tuesday, December 13, it will be illegal for future generations of New Zealanders to buy tobacco. The new regulations prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009,
Global trade is set to reach almost $32 trillion this year, but inflation has reversed some gains in recent months. According to the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD, whose analysts said that global growth “turned negative” during the second half of 2022. The UN agency said that trade in
US President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law during a joyous ceremony where Cyndi Lauper performed "True Colors" in front of tens of thousands of supporters on the White House lawn. The new law recognizes same-sex marriages at the federal level, a
Antigua's redeveloped Deep Water Harbour port will help Antigua and Barbuda achieve its goal of becoming an Eastern Caribbean transshipment hub. During Thursday's official opening ceremony, Prime Minister Gaston Browne stated that the facility is the sole container terminal port in the OECS, allowing it to
CNN obtained an email sent by Twitter to the council's members on Monday evening announcing the dissolution of the "Trust and Safety Council." In an email, the corporation stated that it was "reevaluating how best to incorporate external perspectives into our product and policy development activities.
Following the landslide victory of the Dominica Labour Party in the recently concluded general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addressed the nation. Skerrit once again expressed his gratitude for the support given to DLP. "I take this opportunity once again to express my sincere thanks and profound
Founder of collapsed FTX crypto exchange Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in The Bahamas after US authorities filed criminal charges against him. It is a remarkable fall from grace for the 30-year-old entrepreneur who rode the bitcoin boom to build one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges
UN News - The number of calories per person consumed globally increased by a full nine per cent on average last year, to 2,960 per day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its latest annual statistics report. The finding is in line with a trend
