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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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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We announce the death of Fabien JnoFinn AKA Goro aged 37 of Petite Soufriere who pass away on June 26th, 2020 @ the China Friendship Hospital. He left to mourn: Mother – Ermina Laurent residing in Guadeloupe Father: George Jno Finn in Dominica Brothers: Neville & Jade in Dominica, Ervince in Guadeloupe and Chad in […]
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020 — WASHINGTON — The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved US$16.4 million in additional financing for Dominica to support ongoing projects in the areas of agriculture and infrastructure for climate resilience and economic recovery from COVID-19 impacts. “Agricultural livelihoods, food security, and resilience to climate-related shocks are key priorities for Dominica. […]
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(Caricom Today) Anguilla’s new Premier Dr Ellis Webster was sworn into office on Tuesday after leading his Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) to victory in general elections on Monday 29 June 2020. Premier Webster later announced his seven-member Cabinet which includes the youthful Ms Dee-Ann Kentish Rogers who defeated former Premier Mr Victor Banks in Monday’s […]
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(BBC) Mystery surrounds the “completely unprecedented” deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant carcasses in the Okavango Delta since the start of May. No one knows why the animals are dying, with lab results […]
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