The White House has announced that it will be donating six million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean, including those that have been hit hard by the pandemic, such as Brazil and Haiti. The doses are part of
After decades of groundwork and a series of postponements, the Dominica International Airport is finally ready to take off. On Sunday, Dominica Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit announced that his government is slated to sign a contract on June 9 with a UAE-based consultancy firm to officially
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting another "above-normal" Atlantic hurricane season with 13 to 20 total named storms. NOAA predicts that six to ten of those storms were likely to become hurricanes, with wind speeds of 74 mph or higher. Likewise, the agency
UN News - In Haiti, the number of severely malnourished under-fives could more than double this year, UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Monday. Some could die if they do not receive timely treatment. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, children’s lives on the Caribbean island have been increasingly
Trinidad and Tobago will adjust restrictions and curfew to the daytime period on the two public holidays scheduled this week, the Indian Arrival Day on Monday and Corpus Christi on Thursday, to limit movement during the day. At a media briefing yesterday, Prime Minister Keith Rowley
CARPHA Release - Under the theme Pandemic, NCDs and Climate Change – The Caribbean’s Triple Threat, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), will host its first-ever virtual health research conference, from 16 to 19 June 2021. In
After more than a year when borders were closed globally to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given its approval to Celebrity Cruises, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group, to begin sailing again in June. "We’re
Grenada GIS - Government has delivered on its promise to provide safe and affordable housing for people in Carriacou. 100 China Aid low-income housing units were handed over on the sister-isle. The handover at Dumfries, is the third of 5 sites to be completed under the
CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, congratulates Guyana on the occasion of its 55th Independence Anniversary. Full statement as follows: “On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I extend congratulations to the Government and People of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s
A new study has revealed that approximately 70 per cent of the snakes and lizards living on some Caribbean islands may have disappeared. And the possible reason on this could be the preys of animals, such as mongoose, rats, and cats, that were brought in by
