Victims of the Saratoga hotel explosion in Cuba will receive their pensions as soon as possible, a local government agency has said. In a report by Jamaica Gleaner, general director Virgina Marlen Garcia Reyes of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Cuba said
UN NEWS—Ensuring everyone has access to a healthy diet is among the goals of a UN-backed initiative launched on Friday in line with efforts to transform food systems globally. The Coalition of Action for Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for all (HDSFS), brings together governments,
The United Arab Emirates will observe a 40-day state mourning following its president's passing. UAE President and Emir of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was 73 when he died on Friday, May 13. According to the Emirates News Agency, flags in the country
KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM, AP News—Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after the country acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic. North
Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, AP News - North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread
Release - Head of Chronic Disease and Injury at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr Tamu Davidson, reported that even persons with mild symptoms due to an acute COVID-19 illness can be affected by long COVID. However, she revealed that recent studies have found that
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader and Minister of Tourism, David Collado, received the recognition granted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for ranking as the number one country in tourism recovery. Abinader said that the income generated by the tourism sector reached US$5,700 million. “When we came
Reuters - The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it. The 1 million mark is a stark reminder of
Press Release - The region’s advancement will take centre stage in Turks and Caicos on June 13 – 16, 2022 when the development community will gather in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of
Media Release - The Honorable Prime Minister of St. Maarten Silveria E. Jacobs and members of the Council of Ministers consisting of Minister of VROMI Egbert Doran, Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion, Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson, and Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and
