Three dead as hurricane Elsa batters Caribbean islands

Three dead as hurricane Elsa batters Caribbean islands

Tropical Storm Elsa has battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it moved through the Caribbean, killing at least three people. A 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died in separate events in the Dominican Republic last Saturday after walls collapsed on them, while a […]

T&T border will be re-opened on July 17th

T&T border will be re-opened on July 17th

Caribbean Airlines will introduce a phased schedule as it rolled out its plans to resume regular flights. July 17 will see opening of operations between Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean, alongside the re-start of operations to New York, Miami and Toronto. The airline’s daily service to Cheddi Jagan International, Guyana continues. Two immediate […]

Dominica fights to save the language forged by slaves in Caribbean

Dominica fights to save the language forged by slaves in Caribbean

The elementary school student stood up, pulled down her face mask and leaned into the microphone. She swallowed hard before trying to spell the word “discover” in French Creole. “D-E-K-O-V-I” she tried as she clasped her hands behind her back while standing in front of a row of gleaming trophies. Seconds later, the teacher announced: […]

The Guyana Flood Relief Drive needs your help

The Guyana Flood Relief Drive needs your help

Guyana, a country that considers itself a Caribbean nation, was reminded that it is in fact an integral part of the South American continent as rains accompanied by severe floods, which originated from the southern part of the continent, swamped the country – the worst flood in recent memory. Since mid-May, massive floods have made […]

French Red Cross rushes flood relief to Guyana Over 30,000 households affected

French Red Cross rushes flood relief to Guyana  Over 30,000 households affected

The French Red Cross’ Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean has rushed 9.45 tons of various items aboard a French military vessel, Dumont d’Urville, to Guyana to assist with flood relief, the French Embassy in Suriname. The mission said the consolidated “large donation” was dispatched to Guyana “considering the recent floods and […]

Tropical Storm Elsa forms in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Elsa forms in the Atlantic

  The fifth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season formed over the Atlantic early Thursday. Tropical Storm Elsa has sustained winds of 40 mph and is continuing its track westward at a quick pace of 25 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, […]

Guyanese Olympian appointed head coach of NY college

Guyanese Olympian appointed head coach of NY college

Four-time Guyanese-born Olympian, Aliann Pompey, has achieved another milestone in her long athletics career. Pompey has been appointed head coach of the St. John’s Track and Field and Cross-Country program. The appointment comes after Pompey was announced as the new sprints and hurdles coach of the Red Storm in the fall of 2014 and on […]

Virgin Islands announces a safe St. John Celebration

Virgin Islands announces a safe St. John Celebration

The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism’s Division of Festivals will feature two events for this year’s St. John Celebration on July 3 and 4, 2021. “Love City Food Fair” and “Love Fête” are being held to encourage visitors and residents to experience the festivities safely, while promoting the Division’s “Vaccinate to Party Safe” initiative. […]

Cuba’s COVID vaccine rivals BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna  

Cuba’s COVID vaccine rivals BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna   

In a measure of its ambitious efforts to be vaccine self-reliant, Cuba has named one of its homegrown jabs Abdala, after a famous dramatic verse by independence hero and national icon Jose Marti. In the verse, the young hero, Abdala, heads to war to defend his fatherland, full of patriotic fervor no matter how strong […]