By Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Several countries, including the Caribbean, have received an alert from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urging them to update their response plans to prevent the return of endemic measles transmission. This is the result of reduced childhood vaccination coverage, which increases the likelihood of outbreaks of this […]
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By Avellon Williams JAMAICA – An automobile manufacturing company based in Nigeria, Innoson Vehicles, has been selected by the Jamaican high commission to manufacture vehicles. This development was made known by Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, Esmond Reid, who visited the IVM automobile plant in Nnewi, Anambra State on Saturday, December 11. As Reid pointed […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- A deadly cholera outbreak has been accompanied by political instability and gang violence in Haiti in the last few months. Consequently, half of Haiti’s children rely on humanitarian aid to survive, according to Unicef. After Haiti’s president Jovenel Moise was killed in 2021, gang violence rose in the Caribbean country. All aspects of its economy […]
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Avellon Williams JAMAICA- This celebration highlights Reggae music’s contribution to Jamaica’s social, cultural, and economic development. In honour of Nesta Robert Marley’s (Bob Marley) birth month – February 6, 1945, this month has been designated as Reggae month in Jamaica. Early Reggae icons like Bob Marley (1945-1981) and Jimmy Cliff put this global music genre on the map. […]
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ANTIGUA & BARBUDA- There was a protest on Tuesday by the United Progressive Party (UPP) against a Cabinet announcement that arrangements will be made to assist West Africans who arrived via chartered flights to become legal residents. In response to the arrival of several flights from Nigeria, carrying mainly Nigerian and Cameroonian passengers, it was […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- In order to gain access to the United States, Cuban and Venezuelan citizens are losing their life savings to fraudulent asylum-travel companies, according to a recent NBC News report. Since President Joe Biden launched a parole program that accepts a limited number of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, the […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- A transition council was formally appointed by Haiti’s prime minister on Monday to oversee long-awaited general elections in a country without democratic institutions. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said that it was a significant step toward the government’s goal of holding elections this year, despite many doubts. “It is the beginning of the […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- This month marks the celebration of African American achievements and their central role in the history of the United States; Wednesday, February 1, to Wednesday, March 1, 2023, “Black Resistance”. Known also as African American History Month, this event grew from “Negro History Week,” created by notable historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. February […]
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Avellon Williams PUERTO RICO- The closed windows of Salinas, a town on Puerto Rico’s southeast coast that is considered one of the most polluted zones in the country, is a permanent fixture. There have been health concerns ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s in this community for years due to toxic ash and chemicals from coal-fired and thermoelectric power […]
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Avellon Williams GRENADA- In an apology to Grenada’s community, an aristocratic British family that once owned over 1,000 slaves will donate £100,000 to community projects. In 1833, after slavery was abolished in the Caribbean island, the British government compensated the Trevelyan family for their six sugar plantations. Laura Trevelyan, a BBC reporter who visited the country […]
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