Canada reaffirms its alliance and commitment to strengthening its partnership with Barbados. This assurance was given by Canada’s High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States, Lilian Chatterjee, during a courtesy meeting with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, at
Novavax Inc. announced that it had sent a written notification to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, terminating with immediate effect an agreement for the sale of its COVID-19 vaccine to low- and middle-income nations. The business cited Gavi's failure to acquire the 350 million doses it had
The Caribbean's appeal and reminder to help vulnerable countries mitigate the effects of climate change has been heard. This year's U.N. summit on climate change delivered a promise to create a climate fund on Sunday, a hard-fought deal made by countries despite the lack of ambition
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Indonesia's West Java region, with rescuers attempting to reach survivors trapped under the wreckage as night fell amid a series of aftershocks. The earthquake's epicentre was the village of Cianjur, located approximately 75
Barbados secured a major "game-changer" contract with the Government of Rwanda to establish a new pharmaceutical industry, the first in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the announcement during a press conference at the Grantley Adams International Airport. She told reporters that the accords
In a release by the Dominica Electoral Office, forty-five (45) candidates will contest in the December 6 general elections — nineteen (19) of whom are independent. The independent candidates were nominated in the following constituencies were: Castle Bruce – Kelvin Cadette Grand Bay – Henry Shillingford Mahaut – Dunstan
UN News - A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that some 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases – with three out of four affected living in low and middle-income countries. “Oral health has long been neglected in global health, but many
COP27 closing statement from AOSIS Chair, The Honourable Minister Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda AOSIS promised the world we would not leave Sharm El Sheikh without achieving the establishment of a loss and damage response fund. A mission thirty years in the making has been accomplished. We
The Government of Canada will carry out biometric processing for persons wishing to obtain visas in Saint Kitts and Nevis from December 5 to 7, 2022. As part of the visa application process, nationals from Saint Kitts and Nevis must provide biometric information (fingerprints and a
UN News - Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely managed sanitation for their populations and meet the sanitation target laid out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “SDG 6.2 is about ending open
