Your skin is your largest organ, and it deserves the best care possible. With this in mind, many people wear face masks to protect themselves from the flu or other illnesses during these cold winter months. However, if you wear a mask for too long
UN News - As Haiti struggles to recover from the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit over the weekend, killing some 1,300 people, the UN is warning that many people are likely to be affected by Tropical Depression Grace, a storm that is expected to bring
Evens Sanon and Mark Stevenson, AP News - The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts ahead of a potential
Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Sir Lester Bird will be laid to rest on 26 August 2021. A subcommittee of the executive body met with Bird’s family following his death on Monday to arrange the funeral. A note from the cabinet meeting gave the following details
Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry declared a month-long state of emergency after at least 300 people died in a deadly magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the country on Saturday morning. The epicentre of Saturday's quake was about 12km (7.5 miles) from the town of Saint-Louis du
UN News - Despite an overall decrease in maritime traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy and armed robbery of ships rose by nearly 20 per cent during the first half of last year, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday. Addressing a
Antigua and Barbuda has lost one of its most distinguished and heroic sons as former Prime Minister Sir Lester Bird passed has passed away at the age of 83. The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) confirmed in a post that Bird passed away around 6
CHRISTINA LARSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS - NASA’s newest Mars rover came up empty Friday in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth. The rover Perseverance drilled into the floor of the planet’s Jezero Crater to extract a finger-sized
The Government of Dominica has imposed a weekend lockdown as COVID-19 cases continue to spike. Latest statistics show there are 158 active cases on the island - most of which are unvaccinated. The absolute curfew commenced at 6:00 pm last Friday, August 6th, 2021 and will
UN News - COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in the past week alone, the UN health agency said. In its latest update, the World Health Organization (WHO) attributed the uptick to “substantial” caseload increases of 33 per cent in the Western Pacific and 37 per cent in the Eastern Mediterranean – where coronavirus fatalities also rose 48 and 31
