Media Release - The rising prevalence of mental health conditions in the Caribbean Region is a serious public health concern, and as COVID-19 continues to affect persons across the Region, there is a need for urgent action to promote good mental health. The World Health Organization
Media Release - The People’s Republic of China has stepped in once more to support the Caribbean Region in its fight against COVID-19. This week, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) received additional laboratory supplies for COVID-19 testing on behalf of Member States from the People’s
Press Release - Coordinated efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean are required to overcome African swine fever, given that its recent emergence in the Dominican Republic and Haiti poses a threat to food security throughout the region and to the livelihoods of small and
Media Release - Graduation season at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) begins this weekend. The University’s newest campus—Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda hosts its second graduation ceremony since opening, celebrating a cohort of 42 graduands. Due to local COVID-19 protocols, the ceremony
Hauling tonnes and tonnes of brown seaweed known as sargassum has become an annual chore for sailors in the Caribbean, steering them clear from the pristine shores where tourists and vacationers in the region flock. This marine plant turns black and smells like sewage when washed
Two Caribbean nations are still in the United Kingdom's (UK) Red List of countries to avoid travelling to due to high risk of COVID-19 infection. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are among seven countries are still in the UK's Red List, Loop News has reported. The
The Government of Dominica has approved the temporary lifting of the ban on hunting wildlife for 60 days. In a statement, the Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division of the Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment said that the ban is lifted from October 1st 2021 to
Stefanie Dazo, Matthew Brown, and Brian Melley, AP News - A ship’s anchor may have hooked, dragged and torn an underwater pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean off Southern California, according to federal investigators who also found
UN News - Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – an UN-backed report revealed on Tuesday. In the Sixth Status of Corals of
UN News - For the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic, it requires more investment in the well-being, training, professional development and working conditions of the world’s 71 million educators, UN agencies chiefs said on Monday, just ahead of World Teachers’ Day. “Today we celebrate
