Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Africa is being eyed as the next big source market for tourists to Jamaica as the local industry seeks to diversify beyond traditional markets in North America and Europe. Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, told Jamaica’s Parliament on Tuesday which was hosting a delegation from Nigeria’s Parliament, “something new is emerging, […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Mr. Daniel Foote, the United States Ambassador to Haiti has resigned. Mr. Foote’s resignation comes in the wake of the Biden administration’s decision to embark on large-scale deportations in response to a surge of Haitian migrants. The decision to deport Haitian migrants comes after a sharp increase of persons from […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – The United Nations (UN) voiced deep concern Tuesday at the United States mass deportation of Haitian migrants, warning that people with serious asylum claims may be at considerable risk and had the right to seek asylum. ‘We are disturbed by the images that we have seen and by all these migrants and refugees and asylum-seekers in transport to Port-au-Prince,’ UN spokeswoman Marta Hurtado. “We are seriously concerned by the fact that it appears that there has not been any individual assessment in the (Haiti) cases,” she added. This, she said, indicated that […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN- TRINIDAD- In what can be described as another piece of the puzzle in the fight against COVID-19, Pfizer announced that its vaccine was safe and generated a robust antibody response in children ages 5 to 11. While this is welcomed news for many in the United States and globally, the […]
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Avellon Williams PARIS, FRANCE- Healthcare workers in France face suspensions from their jobs yesterday if they have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. With as many as 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain Vaccines which are compulsory for medical care, home care, and emergency workers in France, […]
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Avellon Williams NASSAU- BAHAMAS – The tropical Paradise that is the Bahamas, goes to the polls today. On August 19th this year, Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis called the General Elections 8 months before it is constitutionally due. This announcement came shortly after Provost Marshall, Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle read a proclamation from the […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti continues to be on the spotlight, but for all the wrong reasons. As the first small black Caribbean nation to take on the might of a European colonial power; France, Haiti gained its Independence in 1804. Haiti has nothing much of substance to boast of, other than 200 plus […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green has tendered his resignation following a video that surfaced on social media showing him and several others gathering at an event in clear breach of COVID-19 protocols during a no movement day. On Tuesday the video surfaced on social media with Green seen […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – The President of the United States of America; Joseph Biden is expected to issue a call for a global Summit to discuss the best way forward regarding the boosting of the supply of vaccines globally. According to reliable sources, this summit will be held during the United Nations […]
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Avellon Williams CARIBBEAN– It is of no surprise that the Mu variant of COVID-19 has reached the Caribbean. The strain, which was first identified in Colombia in January this year has been discovered in samples taken from five positive patients in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The World Health Organization (WHO) which designated the Mu […]
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