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Hurricane Humberto Getting Stronger as it Nears Bermuda Read more:…
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Wednesday September 18, 2019 – Hurricane force winds are expected to reach Bermuda this evening, as a larger and stronger Humberto moves closer to the island.The impending hurricane, at Category 3 strength with…
Saint Lucia Wins Eastern Caribbean Men’s and Women’s Youth Volleyball
The national teams of Saint Lucia are riding high in sub-regional volleyball, after winning the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) age group competitions recently in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Between the end of August…
2,500 people registered as missing after Hurricane Dorian
Approximately 2,500 people are registered as missing on the government’s register in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesperson Carl Smith advised today.
New UNDP Head Takes Up Appointment & Will Undertake Official Mission to Saint Kitts and Nevis
Mr. Magdy Martinez-Soliman has been appointed as Resident Representative for the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Multi-country Office for Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), with full responsibilities over…
Death toll rises to 20
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 20, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands confirmed today (September 4th).
Dorian death toll climbs to seven, PM expects more
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian climbed to seven after two of the victims airlifted from Abaco to New Providence for urgent medical attention died, and Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said he expects that number to climb even further.
Five dead on Abaco
At least five deaths have been confirmed on Abaco following the passage of Hurricane Dorian, which brought catastrophic winds and destructive flooding to that island yesterday and continued to pound Grand Bahama today, Prime Minister Dr.…
Inventive Cubans beat infernal heat with mobile pool
Children play wildly around a tractor in the El Infernal neighborhood in the province of Pinar del Rio, part of Cuba’s renowned tobacco-growing zone.
CARPHA Member States Receive Training to Aid Mosquito Surveillance and Control
Outbreaks of Zika in 2016 and Chikungunya in 2014, have highlighted the need to use advanced technologies to collect and review data, in order to prevent and respond to epidemics in a timely manner. Applying these technologies allow…
Police kill man who held bus passengers hostage in Rio
Brandishing a fake gun, a man on Tuesday took dozens of hostages on a bus in Brazil and threatened to set the vehicle on fire with gasoline before police shot him dead in a four-hour standoff broadcast live on television.
Professor Stafford Griffith appointed as interim pro-vice-chancellor and principal of UWI’s…
The University of the West Indies (the UWI) has appointed Professor Stafford A Griffith as interim pro-vice-chancellor and principal of its Five Islands Campus located in Antigua and Barbuda, with effect from August 15, 2019 until July 31,…
Belize, Jamaica, Cuba sweep Caribbean Media Awards
Media houses from Belize and Jamaica swept most of the awards at the 2018 Caribbean Media Awards presented during the 50th Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) General assembly here on Tuesday night.
Plastic Recycling Project ‘RePLAST OECS’ Launches in Saint Lucia
Environmental stakeholders from the public and private sectors in Saint Lucia lent their support and expertise towards the successful launch and two-day workshop for the RePLAST OECS project – an initiative that seeks to create a…
South-South cooperation will allow for strengthening beekeeping in the Caribbean based on…
IICA will coordinate a project aimed at increasing honey production in Caribbean countries, using a new variety of beehives.
Barbados reverses visa-free access for Haitians
A year after scrapping visa requirements for Haitians, the Barbados government has reversed its decision.