Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA- Earlier this week, Cuba’s government rejected its formal exclusion from the 2022 ninth Summit of the Americas under the themes (“Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future”), which began yesterday in Los Angeles, the United States. In a statement, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted that the United States is, “abusing the privilege granted by its status as the host […]
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Avellon Williams SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- Orlando Jorge Mera, the minister of the environment and natural resources in the Dominican Republic, was fatally shot by a close friend in his office on Monday, the office of the president said in a statement. The authorities said Jorge Mera was shot by Fausto Miguel de Jesus Cruz de la Mota, who was apprehended […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- As gang wars spread throughout Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, homeless and at-risk teenagers are being rounded up by gangs as foot soldiers in battles that have forced schools to close and engulfed neighborhoods. Youth living on the streets and in shelters disappear as armed groups offer them money and protection. In a report […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Performing with local artists in early July 2022, South African singer and songwriter Nomcebo Zikode is expected to grace our shores to personally engage in the creative process for her soca-afro dance productions. Nomcebo will be in Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2023, but she will visit for the first time in July to get to […]
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Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – Amid Guyana’s economy growing faster than almost anywhere else in the world, five new people were sworn in as members of the country’s Integrity Commission, an independent agency responsible for screening the assets of public officials and investigating corruption. The appointment of the commission, which has not operated for some time, […]
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Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- Daniel Hermonstine, a seventeen-year-old Guyanese living in the United States, graduated from Atlanta’s Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School on May 27th as valedictorian, defying all odds. Daniel grew up in Guyana for the first eleven years of his life and attended the New Guyana School, where he wrote the “Common Entrance” in 2016. He migrated to the United […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- It is a month-long celebration every June to honor and celebrate America’s rich and diverse culture, which also includes the Caribbean-American population. It is members of this community who have not only contributed to the evolution of American culture but also the development of the nation in science and medicine. In […]
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Avellon Williams ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES- To overcome challenges currently facing the region, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean need to take practical measures to strengthen unity, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said. To make progress in this battle, the prime minister told PrensaLatina that more active cooperation in the implementation of integration […]
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Avellon Williams BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley has confirmed that former Premier Andrew Fahie is still being paid a salary by the BVI government despite pleading not guilty to charges of conspiring to launder money and import cocaine into the United States. While in US Federal detention for a little more than a month, there has been […]
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Avellon Williams BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS- As part of its mission, the Ministry of Education wants to ensure that the island’s school children are fully exposed to African culture. During her address at the launch of the Nelson Mandela Essay Competition at Prime Minister’s Office Division of Culture in Sky Mall, Chief Education Officer, Dr. Ramona Archer-Bradshaw, outlined the […]
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