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
The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has expressed her woes over the number of Caribbean residents who refuse to take their vaccines against COVID-19. In a recent CNBC article, PAHO director Dr. Carissa Etienne, who serves as the overseer for WHO's Latin America
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
Jamaica has once again dominated the track and field sprint event with a gold in the 4x100m relay at this year's Tokyo Olympics. On Friday, two-time Olympian Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second leg on Jamaica's gold medal-winning women's 4x100m relay team along with teammates Briana Williams, Shericka Jackson and
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
Tourism is the major economic driver for many Caribbean countries and territories in which the Republic Bank group operates. It is well known that global travel and tourism have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Bank intends to play its part in
