Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA— Guyana unanimously rejected an agreement between the Venezuelan government and its main opponents to revive a longstanding territorial claim to the region. About 142,795 square kilometers territory that is administered by Guyana is at stake. Offshore the disputed land territory is maritime space that was recently discovered to have an abundance […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD- CARICOM and African Leaders engaged in its first African –Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit held virtually from Kenya on Tuesday 7 September 2021. Head of State of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley thanked the countries of Africa for letting Caricom nations participate in the African Medical Supply (AMSP) to […]
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Avellon Williams CARIBBEAN: In Early Modern English, the word ‘suffer,’ meant to tolerate, allow, or permit. But, since COVID-19 struck more than a year and a half ago, this word, ‘suffer’ pertaining to children has literally taken today’s meaning. All over the world, schools were among the first institutions to be closed to prevent the […]
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By Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA — Cuba on Monday become the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against the COVID-19 virus, using home-grown jabs not recognized by the World Health Organization. The island of 11.2 million people aims to vaccinate children before reopening schools. However, the government has announced schools […]
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By Avellon Williams To borrow a line from local Calypsonian; Timothy Watkins Jr. aka the Baron, “Mother earth is crying, Mother earth is dying. In case we don’t know, the planet is dying slowly.” This song, penned in 1994 seems prophetic, especially when one considers events that have happened over the last year. The 2019-2020 […]
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Avellon Williams The hemisphere’s poorest nation, Haiti, was struck by a deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake Saturday 14th August, 2021, pancaked buildings and destroyed homes leaving many homeless. Haitians already were struggling with the coronavirus, gang violence, worsening poverty and the July 7 assassination of president Jovenel Moise when the earthquake hit. Apart from the deaths and […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA – With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic crippling the economy, here comes the Bank of Jamaica seeking to increase its benchmark interest rate at the end of September. The Bank of Jamaica gave the signal that it could increase its policy interest rate for the first time since December 2008 […]
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Avellon Williams CARIBBEAN- CASTRIES, ST LUCIA- Authorities in Saint Lucia have tightened their existing COVID-19-related curfew through the morning of Sept. 7, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. In a statement under the new directives, the government said the curfew is in effect through Friday, Sept. 3. From 7:00 pm and end at 4:00 […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley announced today at a media conference held at Blenheim House, Tobago that places of worship will reopen from Monday 6, September. Churches were closed on April 29 along with other sectors of the country. PM Rowley said these religious […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – COVID-19 cases in most countries of the world have begun to rise again over the past two months. The major factor that has been fueling this spike in cases, is the delta variant, which was first detected in India in March of this year. This variant, according to […]
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