UN News - After receiving reports of heart inflammation cases due to myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination with COVID-19 Pfizer and Moderna shots, World Health Organization (WHO) experts on Friday said that the benefits of the vaccines still outweigh the risks in reducing hospitalizations and
Evens Sanon and Danica Coto, AP News - Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.” First Lady Martine
UN News - The UN chief on Monday extended his condolences to the families of those who died in a landslide, which struck the Japanese coastal city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, over the weekend. According to news reports, at least four have been declared dead,
OECS Release - Since February 2020, the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhilAlliance) and its network of partners have mobilized youth, community-based and non-governmental organizations across 22 Caribbean countries and territories to plant more than 1.4 million trees, through the Caribbean Tree Planting Project (CTPP). The upsurge in enthusiasm and
Cathy Lashley Barbados GIS - CARICOM’s role in shaping and sustaining the region has been lauded with the unveiling of six wax figures of eminent Caribbean people yesterday, during a special ceremony to mark CARICOM Day, at the Caribbean Wax Museum in Norman Centre, Bridgetown. The
U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) executed a bilateral maritime exercise with the French Navy off the coast of Martinique, France, on June 23 while operating in the Caribbean Sea. Sioux City with her embarked MH-60S
The head of the UN health agency expressed concern on Friday over the COVID-19’s delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World health Organization (WHO) told journalists at a regular briefing that delta has been identified in at least 85 countries and is “spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations”. “As some countries ease
With three lightning bolt emojis for each of his children, all-time Olympic great sprinter Usain Bolt introduced to the world his twin sons in an Instagram post on Father's Day. The Jamaican track and field legend posted a family photo, with Bolt sitting next to his partner Kasi
Canada announced the details of the first phase of its approach to easing border measures for vaccinated travellers entering the country. Starting July 5, 2021, at 11:59 PM EDT, fully vaccinated travellers who are permitted to enter Canada will not be subject to the federal requirement
Claudette regained tropical storm status and headed out to sea from the North Carolina coast, less than two days after the system killed 14 people in Alabama, including nine children who died in a highway crash. As of 8:00 am Monday, the National Hurricane Center had
