Avellon Williams SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- The first model with Down’s syndrome to walk Victoria’s Secret runway is Sofia Jirau, 25, from Puerto Rico. Jirau took to her Instagram account to announce that she will be taking part in the Love Cloud campaign, advertising the brand’s everyday underwear collection. Jirau’s career has been gaining momentum since she debuted at New […]
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Avellon Williams ANTIGUA & BARBUDA- As Antigua and Barbuda continues to emphasize the need for personal responsibility in managing covid-19, Dr. Ciro Ugarte, Director of Health Emergencies at the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), says “that self-testing is not recommended.” At the start of this month, the government announced that it would relax restrictions on the importation of Covid-19 testing kits, […]
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Avellon Williams ANTIGUA- “Don’t be afraid to take a step back and own yourself.” In her reminiscence of the death of Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA, former Antigua’s Kai Davis mumbled, “We have lost many people to suicide, and it didn’t have to be that way.” It came as a shocking surprise to many who knew her as […]
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Avellon Williams SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS – It has been announced that Spice Girl Melanie Brown aka “Mel B” has been appointed ambassador to Nevis, the Caribbean island where her dad was born. Using her new role as an ambassador, Mel B will work to elevate the island’s status in the United Kingdom. The singer […]
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Avellon Williams KINGTON, JAMAICA- “Maroons” in the “Blue Mountain of Jamaica” are remembered during Black History Month. The Maroons were forced to flee their Spanish-owned plantations when the British invaded Jamaica in 1655 (Dunkley 2013, p.154). The Maroons are descendants of African slaves who escaped enslavement in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jamaica. Maroon is derived from the […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL- As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they promised a milder version of the harsh rule that marked their previous stint in power, during which women were deprived of most of their rights. This time the movement has been careful not to issue rigid national decrees, but provincial authorities have introduced […]
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Avellon Williams PUERTO RICO- Despite his young age, Puerto Rican ski racer William Flaherty, 17, already knows Wednesday’s slalom race may be the last time he races at the Olympics, as a “saddening” forced retirement from the sport is approaching. Following the Beijing Games, Flaherty will compete in the world junior ski championships in Canada in March; […]
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Avellon Williams TAIWAN- “We don’t just want to be each other’s Valentines, we want to become a real family”. In a protest on Valentine’s Day, LGBTQ activists in Taiwan braved a downpour to voice their displeasure at Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law, which critics say falls short of full recognition for many international couples. According to Taiwanese […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- A day in history, February 11, 1990, the South African government under President Frederik Willem de Klerk released African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela from South African prison after serving 27 years. Known as Madiba, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first Black president of South Africa (1994-99) and a black nationalist. He was born in Mvezo, […]
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Avellon Williams VATICAN CITY- During the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking and the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former slave, Pope Francis stressed that each year, thousands of women and girls are exploited and humiliated by relationships based on “discrimination and submission.” The Pope said in a video message “that human trafficking in […]
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