Media Release - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon. Andrew A. Fahie, and newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ms Valerie Cliff, have discussed continued collaboration between the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and UNDP on COVID-19 response, sustainable development, resilience
Fed up with shortages of food and medicine, rising prices, power outages, and the many more problems that have beset Cuba, angry Cuban citizens took to the streets some rare and large-scale demonstrations on July 11, which surprised not only the Cuban government but also the
As the world braces itself for another wave of the COVID-19 infections, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged local governments to remain vigilant and steadfast in enforcing public health measures and surveillance. A number of countries in Central America, the Caribbean and some South
After facing a series of suspensions due to non-compliance with environmental regulations, the Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix has announced on Monday that it is seeking bankruptcy. An article on Reuters reported that the "lenders hesitated on putting new cash into a project dogged by
by Dr. Abiola Inniss Ph.D. LLM In recent weeks, and not for the first time, there has been a tremendous clamour over the issue of cultural appropriation. This time it was about the use of the word J’ouvert as the label for a rum product to
Press Release, Embassy of Japan - The Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of 1.58 million US dollars (approx. 170 million Japanese Yen) to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to support the populations affected by the eruption of La Soufriere Volcano. Since the
Maria Cheng, AP News - After Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free to travel this summer to a European destination of their choice. They were wrong. The couple — and millions
Release - The University of the West Indies (UWI) Executive Management Team embarks on a planning retreat on Wednesday, July 14 in order to roll out a new operational plan to deal with the financial challenges facing the institution as a result of shortfalls in
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
The assassination of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse on July 7 in his residence at Port-au-Prince poses risk of destabilising an already ailing nation, which has been marred with high violence mostly triggered by local gangs and Moïse’s alleged undemocratic behavior. Analysts interviewed by Americas Daily
