Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate

(CNN)   Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his running mate, making the California senator the first Black and South Asian American woman to run on a major political party’s presidential ticket. “I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to […]

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 Tropical Depression 11 forms in Atlantic

Tropical Depression 11 forms in Atlantic

(NHC) -A tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday evening in its first advisory about the system. Tropical Depression 11 is expected to strengthen over the next two days and become Tropical Storm Josephine. Satellite imagery showed the depression has developed a less elongated circulation with a well-defined […]

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 CARICOM COORDINATES PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL COVID-19 SUPPLIES FOR MEMBER STATES

CARICOM COORDINATES PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL COVID-19 SUPPLIES FOR MEMBER STATES

Amid global challenges by small states accessing COVID-19 essential medical supplies, CARICOM Member States have received a significant donation from the World Health Organisation, the Jack Ma Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The supplies, worth over US700,000, arrived just over a week ago in Barbados – the home base of the Integrated Regional […]

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 OECS Commission puts Youth and Juvenile Justice Reform on the agenda for International Youth Day

OECS Commission puts Youth and Juvenile Justice Reform on the agenda for International Youth Day

Monday, August 10, 2020 — International Youth Day celebrations this year will take place on Wednesday August 12, 2020 under the theme ‘Youth Engagement for Global Action’. The OECS Commission and USAID will collaborate in jointly hosting a webinar that addresses Youth and Juvenile Justice Reform. The objective of the webinar is geared towards celebrating the […]

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 Barbados records 12 more cases of COVID-19

Barbados records 12 more cases of COVID-19

(Barbados Today) -For the second consecutive day, Barbados has recorded 12 cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic has announced. At a news conference this evening, Bostic said yesterday’s reports from the Best-Dos Santos Public Health Laboratory revealed that 270 people were tested — 216 of whom arrived aboard flights from the United […]

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 STATEMENT BY THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE PASSING OF FORMER BARBADOS PRIME MINISTER OWEN ARTHUR

STATEMENT BY THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE PASSING OF FORMER BARBADOS PRIME MINISTER OWEN ARTHUR

It is with deep regret that I learnt of the passing of Professor Owen Arthur, the former Prime Minister of Barbados. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (left) shares a light moment with the former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur During his tenure as Prime Minister for an unprecedented three consecutive terms from 1994 to 2008, […]

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 LIAT shareholders reach agreement to sell 3 planes; airline could fly again in 90 days

LIAT shareholders reach agreement to sell 3 planes; airline could fly again in 90 days

Caribbean News Service (CNS) — LIAT’s major shareholders have reached an agreement, which Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne said could see the airline flying again “in 60 to 90 days.” The shareholder, which also includes the governments of Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica, met virtually late on Monday for Browne […]

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 Tropical Depression Seven Forms in the Atlantic

Tropical Depression Seven Forms in the Atlantic

MIAMI —A tropical depression has formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, though forecasters weren’t predicting a landfall location. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the depression was centered Tuesday afternoon about 1,185 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. At 5 p.m., it had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving […]

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 Bahamas closing airports, seaports to United States visitors due to COVID-19

Bahamas closing airports, seaports to United States visitors due to COVID-19

Nassau- Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis held a press conference today and said that due to the marked increase in COVID-19 cases and that some American tourists have entered his country illegally with forged coronavirus tests — all U.S. visitors must leave immediately. “Regrettably, the situation here at home has already deteriorated since we began the reopening […]

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