Avellon Williams HONG KONG — As part of the city’s effort to stem an outbreak of omicron, Hong Kong authorities banned flights from the U.S. and seven other countries for two weeks on Wednesday. The city also halted 2,500 passengers from boarding a cruise ship for coronavirus testing. From Sunday through January 21, passenger flights from Australia, Canada, France, […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD- As Delta continues to rumble across the globe, yet another mutation of the COVID-19 virus named Omicron has emerged, threatening to send the world economy into another tailspin , which has the potential to morph into another Great depression, rivaling that of the 1930s. Omicron, which so far has led to fewer hospitalisations and […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than 28,000 children have died in Afghanistan conflicts since 2005. “Afghanistan, for example, has had an unprecedented number of confirmed child casualties since 2005 – exceeding 28,500 – accounting for 27 percent of all child casualties around the world,” according to the organization. Children […]
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Avellon Williams GONAIVES, HAITI- In the northwestern city of Gonaives, Prime Minister Ariel Henry fled following a shootout between his security forces and armed men who forewarned him not to enter the city. Winter Etienne, leader of The Revolutionaries group in Raboteau, an area in Gonaïves, had warned Henry not to come to the city for Independence Day because of […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – According to figures released by Labour Party leader Sir Kier Starmer, black African and Caribbean children are twice as likely to live in poverty. The Child Poverty Action Group and the Social Metrics Commission have reported similar data in previous reports to The Guardian. Labour reiterated its commitment to introduce a Race […]
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Avellon Williams LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- A report released today by the UK’s Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) shows that Pfizer’s pill reduces hospitalization and death risk. First to receive the pill, named Paxlovid, in the UK will be those most at risk of becoming seriously ill from coronavirus. According to The Independent Report, the medicine […]
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Avellon Williams ST. KITTS AND NEVIS- Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, Director of the JN France General Hospital, has confirmed St Kitts is affected by the Fourth Wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a Facebook post, Wilkinson said, “The fourth wave is here, and the numbers are rising again, but residents should not be surprised as we have already […]
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Avellon Williams BAHIA, BRAZIL- Christmas is a time when many people are more conscious than ever about the problems faced by others, but for some families around the world, it can be a very difficult time indeed – with homes destroyed by flooding or wars leaving them without food or water, Brazil’s Northeastern state of Bahia […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Venezuelan migrant Jose Ramon Herrera Mendoza, who confessed to paying to have his children smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago, has appealed to Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to reunite him with his children. Mendoza took to Facebook and said his children were caught and arrested by Coast Guard […]
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Avellon Williams, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Marcus Garvey created the “Back to Africa” Movement and is regarded as the first person of colour to create a Mass Movement to promote the destiny of the people of Africa. During the 1920s Garvey made frequent references to the future crowning of a king in Africa. In his teachings, […]
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