ICYMI Former Pres. Obama Names Affordable Health Care at the Top of His Gift List

ICYMI Former Pres. Obama Names Affordable Health Care at the Top of His Gift List

Pres. Obama urges Americans to sign up for healthcare during open enrollment before December 15th in new video Former President Barack Obama released a video urging Americans to sign up for healthcare through HealthCare.Gov before December 15th. As Pres. Obama discusses his holiday gift recommendations, he emphasizes the affordability and the importance of signing up […]

Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred runs world’s fastest December 60m since 2001

Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred runs world’s fastest December 60m since 2001

The University of Texas Longhorns Track and Field programme won eight individual events and one relay at the FasTrak Collegiate Opener on Saturday (7 Dec), their first meet of the 2019-20 indoor season. The Longhorns also set nine personal bests at Yeoman Fieldhouse in Houston. In the women’s 60-metre dash, Saint Lucian sophomore Julien Alfred […]

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Announced Legislation to End School Pushout of Girls of Color Recently

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Announced Legislation to End School Pushout of Girls of Color Recently

(December 8, 2019 – WASHINGTON) – During a press conference recently, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) introduced a law that would end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools – The Ending (P.U.S.H.O.U.T.) Act. P.U.S.H.O.U.T means Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma. The Ending PUSHOUT Act recognizes the […]

OECS Announces Inaugural Sustainable Development Movement

OECS Announces Inaugural Sustainable Development Movement

The two-day event is expected to convene over 700 regional and international delegates The inaugural Sustainable Development Movement (SDM 2020), hosted by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), is slated to attract over 700 delegates from across the Caribbean Region and internationally to the island of Saint Lucia for a life-changing two-day event on September 23-24, 2020. The […]

Focused on Food Sovereignty and Entrepreneurship – UWI to host Eat Local Day!

Focused on Food Sovereignty and Entrepreneurship – UWI to host Eat Local Day!

Strengthening the linkages among education, research and outreach; the Faculty of Food and Agriculture will strategically partner with the National 4-H Leaders Council to build a “farm to school” movement by supporting several aspects of capacity building, resource development and sharing, professional development, policy development and advocacy in the local food and agriculture sector. Dean […]

Statement on the Re-election of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Statement on the Re-election of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Dr. the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit. Saturday, December 7, 2019 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission congratulates Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) on a successful election victory and return to Government. Director-General of the OECS, Dr. Didacus Jules, commended the people of the […]

Creating “Happy Holidays” for a Loved One Living with Alzheimer’s

Creating “Happy Holidays” for a Loved One Living with Alzheimer’s

Tips for a dementia-friendly holiday celebration from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America NEW YORK (December 6, 2019) — Families across the country are getting into the holiday spirit and planning their celebrations.  For the more than 5.8 million American families affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing tips on how to adapt […]

World-Record Holder Keni Harrison Focused On 60m Hurdles in 113th NYRR Millrose Games

World-Record Holder Keni Harrison Focused On 60m Hurdles in 113th NYRR Millrose Games

World-Record holder Keni Harrison will make her Armory debut in February at the 113th NYRR Millrose Games. Photo courtesy of USATF She Will Face a Stellar Field Including 2018 USA Indoor 60m Hurdle Champion and American Record-Holder Sharika Nelvis and Former NCAA and Pan American Champ Queen Claye at The Armory NEW YORK, December 5, 2019 – Keni Harrison, […]

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ranked in the Top 100 for Quality of Life

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ranked in the Top 100 for Quality of Life

Reproduced Courtesy Searchlight News By Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Every year since Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen divulged his theses that revolutionized development, UNDP publishes a ranking of the most prosperous and socially cohesive societies on the planet – a list that also evidences which nations have the poorest record in terms of Human […]