A number of hotels in the Caribbean have included complete vaccination against COVID-19 as a mandatory requirement to guests before entering the premises. A recent article by Forbes revealed that Elite Island Resorts, a major hotel group that boasts an all-inclusive nine hotels in the Caribbean and Central
Category 1 Hurricane Grace has moved inland over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after sweeping through Haiti and other Caribbean islands this week as a tropical storm. On Thursday, the hurricane made landfall near Tulum, to the south of Cancun, around 4:45 a.m. and was moving west across the peninsula
UN News - Climate-related and geophysical events resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed. Extreme weather and climate change are threatening the entire
On Monday, August 16, Caribbean Airlines resumed commercial operations to Saint Lucia with a non-stop service from Piarco International Airport (POS), Trinidad. The arrival of BW432 at George F.L. Charles Airport (SLU), marked the airline’s first voyage to the destination since its closure in 2020 amid
Dominica Health Minister Dr Irving McIntyre confirmed the country's first COVID-19 death - a 46-year-old female, with pre-existing medical conditions. According to the Ministry, the patient was admitted to the COVID Isolation Unit on August 14th and passed away on August 17th, 2021. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Ivory Coast for the first time in 25 years, the country’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. Health Minister Pierre Dimba said that it was an isolated case of an 18-year-old girl who had travelled to Ivory Coast
The Caribbean Young Democrat Union (CYDU), the Youth Wing of the CDU, in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) hosted a Power Panel on “Youth Voter Apathy in the Caribbean” on Thursday 12th August 2021. The event was hosted by Mr Nick Francis,
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
