Avellon Williams BAHAMAS- Keith Bell, Minister of Immigration in The Bahamas, rejected the claim that there is an immigration crisis, stating that the government “absolutely” has illegal immigration under control. In response to the Free National Movement’s call for the government to address illegal immigration, Bell responded, “What immigration crisis?” According to him, this country […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Sexual Health Awareness Month this year focused on experiencing pleasure and intimacy during sex, rather than sharing tips to prevent diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Sexologist Shelly-Ann ‘Dr. Sexy-Ann’ Weeks in a recent interview spoke about female sexuality and how communication is essential to sexual bliss. As weeks points out, pleasurable sex has benefits […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- The Haitian government announced on Sunday that eight people died of cholera, raising concerns about another potential global outbreak like the one that took nearly 10,000 lives a decade ago. Dekayet, a southern Port-au-Prince community with gang control, and Cite de Soleil, a seaside slum where thousands of people live in unsanitary […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- From the Caribbean to the international Fashion Capitals, Trinidad and Tobago was represented by model Jean-Luc Joseph at Milan and Paris fashion week, displaying the SS23 collections for Bottega Veneta and Balmain. As the only Caribbean man to walk the runways at Bottega Veneta for two consecutive seasons in its […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA, – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said poverty is no excuse to have an illegal gun and use it to commit crimes. Observing that it is the poor and vulnerable who are most affected by these crimes, Holness said it is not an excuse for youth “who claim that [because they are from] poor households and […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI– Haitian officials said on Thursday that 12 prisoners died from lack of food or medicine during the month ending mid-September. They said the number has likely increased since then due to crippling fuel shortages caused by a gang blockade. In Haiti’s deteriorating jail conditions, Renan Hedouville, head of the Office of Citizen Protection, says prisoners […]
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Avellon Williams SOUTH SUDAN- Beauty queen and fashion model Aheu Deng was born November 28, 1986, in Itang (Ethiopian District), which was a South Sudan rebel camp. Her height makes her one of the tallest recorded beauty queens to have competed in any Grand Slam or beauty contest at 6 feet and 5 inches (1.95 m). Aheu Deng speaks five languages, including […]
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Avellon Williams CASTRIES, Saint Lucia – The importance of investing in youth has been recognized throughout the globe. It is imperative to note that developing economies raise the aspirations of their young populations beyond providing basic amenities such as health care, education, employment, and housing. The pace at which a nation advances is largely determined by these efforts. […]
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Avellon Williams LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN– Recent cocaine seizures in the French Caribbean territories of French Guiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe have shown that these territories are also popular transshipment routes for trafficking cocaine into Europe. In French Guiana, authorities announced on September 22 that a legal experiment, under which people caught with less than 1.5 […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Asteroids and comets are Hollywood’s go-to answer to incoming space objects. As actor Bruce Willis does in movies such as “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon”, nukes are used to save the world while delivering dramatic content. Experts in planetary defense, however, suggest that in reality, if astronomers spotted a dangerous incoming space rock, the […]
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