Jamaica's Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, said that 4,000 doses of vaccines for Monkeypox are expected to arrive this month. While speaking at the Open House & Exhibition ceremony in St Catherine, Tufton said that the distribution of these vaccines would take a
Weather forecasters are monitoring a system in the Atlantic that may enter the Caribbean on Friday, becoming the first storm to visit the region in nearly two months. According to the New York Times, the storm was "strengthening quickly throughout the evening" of Thursday. The National Hurricane
UN News - A $160 million emergency plan to help Pakistan deal with devastating flooding has been launched by the United Nations, aiming to reach “5.2 million of the most vulnerable people in the country”. An estimated 33 million people have been affected by the “worst flooding in
Release - Jamaica will be the host destination for the prestigious World Travel Awards Caribbean & North America 2022, slated for August 31. The leading travel industry leaders and decision-makers from the Caribbean and Americas region will attend the red-carpet gala reception at Sandals Montego Bay,
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is expanding its collaboration with INMED Partnerships for Children/INMED Caribbean to improve the capacity of small-scale farmers to implement climate-adaptive aquaponics farming and to strengthen Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. The Increasing Access to Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Caribbean through INMED
Bahamian Talk Show Host and International Motivational Speaker Spence Finlayson will be among the honorees during the Bahamian American Association Inc. (BAAI) of New York's 110th-anniversary celebration on September 17, 2022. Finlayson took the highly popular Bahamas-based Immediate Response Radio and Television show to New York
The 2022 CBI Index has emphasized the importance of the Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programmes on small islands, calling it a "tool to finance stronger, more resilient economies" in its latest report. According to the special report annually released by the Financial Times, CBI is allowing
Fourteen candidates from Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines were awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship. British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, His Excellency Scott Furssedonn-Wood, is very pleased with the recent announcement. “I am delighted
Cécil Mitchell, a certified meteorologist at the Grenada Airports Authority (GAA) Department of Meteorology, was recently appointed as a member of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Expert Team for Services for Aviation, Regional Association IV, which includes North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Mitchell has
President Dr Irfaan Ali visited the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), Liza Unity, at ExxonMobil’s Stabroek block. Ali told the Liza Unity crew that they are among the “trailblazers” responsible for setting the mark in the oil and gas industry. "Your jobs come with a
