Avellon Williams BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – Barbados 🇧🇧 has asked government ministries to work with the main players in the sector to come up with ways to protect its citizens from rising prices. In her remarks at the opening ceremony for Agrofest at Queen’s Park last week Friday, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley disclosed this information. Ms. Mottley told the large gathering, […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Police sources confirmed on Tuesday that an oversized ‘bleaching cream’ was at the core of a dispute that resulted in dancehall artiste Skeng being removed from his flight to Trinidad. It was reported that the artist was being escorted through the airport due to his late arrival on the flight. According to reports, an oversized […]
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Avellon Williams BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – In his opening remarks at the III Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said this region had experienced first-hand what it is like to be less developed than other parts of the […]
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Avellon Williams BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – The former Premier Andrew Fahie has pleaded not guilty to the three charges he faced, conspiracy to import a controlled substance, conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and attempted money laundering. Yesterday, Fahie’s arraignment was held in Miami before a U.S. federal court, where he had to enter a plea to all three charges. […]
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Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA – According to reports, Cuba’s iconic sugar harvest fell just short of the communist-run government’s target for this year, further attacking the country’s already-crippled economy. The 2021-2022 harvest, which is approximately 474,000 tons, just achieved 52% of the season’s goal, Granma said. It is nearly half the rate of crop production of […]
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Avellon Williams PUERTO RICO – As far as Puerto Rican food was concerned, it had reached its peak. A new generation of talented chefs was creating delicious new creations, and restaurants popped up all over the island. The industry no longer depended on tourists. In the middle of this, a series of natural disasters struck: a […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Tuesday that the number of severely food insecure people in Latin America and the Caribbean increased by more than half a million between December 2021 and March 2022. According to the agency, there are 9.3 million vulnerable people in the countries where it operates […]
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- In recent days, several hospitals in Haiti have been temporarily shut down because of the kidnapping of doctors. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Paris-based independent international medical humanitarian organization, has expressed concern over this. Health officials were abducted while authorities were battling armed clashes within the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country. Medical manager of MSF’s Turgeau emergency center, […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, informed the nation that it had been selected for funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he referred to as “not insignificant”. The announcement was made by Dr. Rowley at a news conference he hosted yesterday at the Piarco International Airport as he returned from […]
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Avellon Williams GUYANA- With the help of the country’s burgeoning oil wealth, Guyana’s president is inviting investors to back his ambitious vision to transform the small South American nation into regional health, education, and transport hub. While visiting London last week to seek investment, President Irfaan Ali, told the Financial Times, “We are investing tremendously in healthcare and […]
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