A total of 15 individuals traversing the Caribbean Sea were apprehended and repatriated following suspicions that the group is part of an attempt to smuggle migrants into US borders. In an article by The New York Carib News, the United States Customs and Border Protection's (CBP)
Outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Ralph Gonsalves delivers his year-end message, reminding everyone to carry out the message of Christmas. Official statement: This year we will be experiencing a Christmas Season like no other. We may miss the joy of camaraderie, but it should however, serve to
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned that all of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. “In the face of inaction, coral reefs will soon disappear,” said Leticia Carvalho, head of UNEP’s Marine
PAHO News - On 14 December 2020, authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) reported that a SARS-CoV-2 variant has been identified through viral genomic sequencing in 1,108 individuals as of 13 December 2020. Given the identified variant strain can be dated back to September 2020 in
UN News - The UN health agency chief said that scientists have been working to understand new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom. According to news reports, more than 40 countries have now banned arrivals from the UK, because
Thirteen (13) new positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Grenada in the last 36 hours, increasing the total active cases to fifty-four (54). In a release by Grenada GIS, the Ministry of Health said that all infected individuals are in quarantine in state facilities,
PAHO Release - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urged support for a proposal by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) to put front-of-package nutritional warnings on food products, which have been shown to help people make healthier dietary choices. The labelling allows
Release - The holiday season is upon us, amidst what has been the most deadly pandemic in a century. Our Caribbean Community (CARICOM), like the rest of the world, has been battered and bruised by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. However, once again
The Caribbean island of The Bahamas has something up its sleeve that has likely made central banks from all over the world turn their heads and observe how it will go. Via a mobile application, Sand Dollar is a digital currency issued by the Central Bank
UN NEWS — Thousands of families in the United Kingdom impacted by COVID-19 are to receive “one-off…emergency” food assistance from UN Children’s Fund UNICEF over the upcoming holiday period and beyond, it has announced. It is the first time in the organization’s more than 70-year-history that
