PAHO Release – International, regional, and government leaders announced the launch of a broad-based project to support actions to mitigate climate change and its serious health impacts in Caribbean nations. The EU/CARIFORUM Strengthening Climate Resilient Health Systems Project – a joint project of the European
UN News - Scientists developing COVID-19 vaccines are optimistic that by the end of next year, all people everywhere will have access to safe and effective treatments against a disease which has disrupted the entire planet. Principals from BioNTech and Oxford University – both pioneers in
Slavery not a "historical relic" Never forget. This was the staunch call of the Caribbean countries against the deeds of their former European slaving nations during last December 2nd's solemn celebrations for the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. They demanded for a pay
UN NEWS—More than 32 million of the world’s poorest people face being pulled back into extreme poverty because of COVID-19, leading UN economists said on Thursday, highlighting data showing that the pandemic is likely to cause the worst economic crisis in decades among least developed
AP News — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. “That probably isn’t a big shock,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, told
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UN News - Testing will still be a critical tool against COVID-19, even as vaccines are deployed against the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday during his regular briefing on the crisis. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus emphasized how testing has
Cuban authorities evicted a group of dissident artists, academics, journalists, and activists on Thursday in a bid to disperse and end a hunger strike protest against restrictions on civil liberties. Authorities told Reuters that they had to step in because of the protesters' failure to observe
New proclamation comes as preemptive measure for the coming holidays The main opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has called out the Bahamian government for its alleged "abuse of power" following its proclamation of another state of emergency in the coronavirus-stricken nation. “We will refuse to allow the
SEARCHLIGHT - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has made a plea for greater inclusion of meteorological data in national planning in countries across the region. Dr Gonsalves made the plea as he addressed the two-day 60th Caribbean Meteorological
