Press Release - After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency said on Thursday. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) nearly four million doses of coronavirus vaccines from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative arrived in Africa last week, compared with just 245,000
Release - The British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Antigua and Barbuda have pledged closer cooperation on the agenda of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) during a meeting between Deputy Premier Dr. Hon. Natalio D. Wheatley and Ambassador H.E. Dr. Walton Webson, Chairman of the Alliance
UN News - A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than 600 million children in
Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won a landslide victory in the 2021 general elections. Preliminary results declared the SLP has won 13 seats, the United Workers Party (UWP) won 2 seats and the last 2 seats went to independent candidates Richard Frederick and Stephenson King. Frederick is
With the increased competition in the market, American Airlines continues to expand its Miami hub. The carrier has now announced two new Caribbean routes to Anguilla and Dominica. “We have been strategically growing our route network to give customers more choices to new destinations, better meeting
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
