Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE — According to a tweet from the American Embassy in Haiti, the U.S. Coast Guard provided parts and supplies worth US $200,000 to the Haitian Maritime Police last week. Onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter “Dependable,” crew members offloaded about 9,000 pounds of supplies and equipment that will help the Haitian Coast Guard maintain […]
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Avellon Williams KINGTON, JAMAICA- In light of the rapid rise of TikTok videos featuring Jamaican children, the Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison is encouraging parents and children to stop participating in what is usually “inappropriate and slack content.” She said her office has seen an increase in the number of videos and will do its due diligence to […]
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Avellon Williams SRI LANKA- Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church leaders have welcomed the release of a parish sacristan on Feb. 9, a month after he was detained on suspicion of allegedly planting a hand grenade inside his church. Selvadore Francis Munindran and three others, including a nine-year-old child, were arrested after a live grenade was found inside the All Saints […]
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Avellon Williams DOMINICA- In an effort to aid the island’s indigenous community, the Kalinago tribe, the Commonwealth of Dominica is planning a series of workshops. The main focus of the workshop will be providing access to climate financing to build more resilient communities. These workshops will be conducted by Dominica’s government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) via EnGenDER. […]
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Avellon Williams COLOMBIA- Several homes in central Colombia were buried by a landslide that caused at least 14 deaths and 35 injuries, according to Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management. A report posted on Twitter by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management indicated “35 people were injured, 14 died, and one remains missing.” On […]
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Avellon Williams VATICAN- In an open letter to the church, Pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness on Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed under his watch. However, aides dismissed allegations that he covered the incident up while he was archbishop of Munich. In a letter released last month in response to a German inquiry into […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD – In a deadly incident at sea carrying about 40 migrants, a baby perished and his mother was wounded. Venezuela’s government has demanded Trinidad and Tobago to launch an “exhaustive investigation“. The incident occurred shortly before midnight Saturday in the waters off Trinidad’s south-east coast and involved the TTS Scarborough, one of two […]
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Avellon Williams UNITED STATES- It is not uncommon to see instances of racial tension and injustice throughout the United States. It is unfortunate that neither the world nor the reactions they evoke are new. Randall Kennedy, a Harvard law professor, and scholar has been concerned about this issue for a long time. He has studied […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- Seven months after the president’s assassination, the Caribbean island of Haiti faces renewed political instability as president Jovenel Moise’s term comes to an end today Monday February 7. There are fears about who will attempt to take charge next. Moise was assassinated last July 7 when armed attackers stormed his Port-au-Prince home. In addition to killing Moise, […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- The way you show and receive love is known as your Love Language. Identifying your Love Language and that of your partner is one of the simplest things you can do to have a positive impact on your relationship. Surely you may have felt like you were speaking a different language when […]
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