Avellon Williams BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – According to the Barbados National Registry (BNR) 2019 cardiovascular disease report, Barbados continues to experience an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Document studies show the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in the Caribbean region with the rates being higher than those of other nations in the Americas, and […]
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Avellon Williams ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – The Caribbean needs to collaborate with international stakeholders to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing as well as organized crime in the industry, says Saboto Caesar, Minister of Fisheries of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Caesar, who is the chair of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean […]
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Avellon Williams HAITI – High school math teacher Rodney Montreuil stays busy all the time. After work and during spring break, he helps Haitian families resettle in Phoenix. “I’m going to see a couple of clients today,” he said. “The First is a couple, they arrived in October.” The couple was one among thousands of […]
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Avellon Williams GRENADA – In conjunction with the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of Education developed a new sports programme for Grenada’s primary schools to combat obesity. Denver Welsh, curriculum officer for physical education, participated also and said it is an issue the department is eager to address, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA – As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for a trip to the former British colony, dozens of prominent leaders in Jamaica demand an apology and slavery reparations. The leaders are declining the request to host Prince William and Kate on Tuesday as part of a larger trip to the […]
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Avellon Williams CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA – Taiwan’s ambassador to Saint Lucia, Peter Chen, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Saint Lucia Nurses Association (SLNA) president, Alicia Baptiste, to strengthen ties for nursing education and training. With this MOU, nursing education, nursing professional training, and nursing exchange are expected to flourish, at a time […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – In his address to the Fifth Least Developed Countries (LDC5) Conference in the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres elaborated on inequalities, hunger, poverty, weak infrastructure, competition for limited resources, insecurity, and conflict as major impediments afflicting these countries. In the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA), an […]
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Avellon Williams GUYANA – In an announcement, President Irfaan Ali said that his government will provide treated and purified water to the people that live along the coast of the country by 2025. According to Irfaan Ali, by 2025, 100 percent of residents in the coastal area of Guyana will have access to treated water for drinking and other uses. As part of […]
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Avellon Williams ROSEAU, DOMINICA- On Wednesday, March 17, 2022, the Commonwealth of Dominica signed the United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework (MSDCF) for the Caribbean from 2022 to 2026. According to reports from the government of Dominica, UN Resident Coordinator Didier Trebucq and Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit agreed to further sustainable development and the interests of Dominicans through a five-year […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE- During the Haitian Revolution, slaves, colonists, the British and French armies, and others fought it out between 1791 and 1804 in an effort to establish independence from slave trade. With the aid of the struggle, Haiti’s people eventually gained independence from France and thereby became the first country founded by former slaves. SLAVERY […]
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