(The Weather Channel) -Tropical Storm Laura knocked out power, washed out roads and is being blamed for at least eight deaths as Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico were battered by high winds and flooding Saturday into Sunday. At least five people died in Haiti, according to the country’s civil protection authority. “I share the […]
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(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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(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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(Trinidad Express) As much as they tried to hold back supporters, outside the Baliser house, Victoria Avenue quickly has turned into a sea of red as supporters continue to increase in numbers, dancing and singing in the streets in praise of the PNM winning the election. Shortly before 11pm, Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley declared that […]
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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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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 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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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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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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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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