Following the appointment of a senior Caribbean diplomat to the cabinet of the new World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Gaston Browne has commended the Director-General for living up to promises she made to both the OECS and CARICOM Heads of Governments. Ambassador Stephen Fevrier, who heads the OECS […]
NEW YORK, NY (July 21, 2021) – “Have a little fun and enjoy life,” says Buju Banton. That is the overall message of the Grammy award winning, multiple Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping and international reggae icon, Buju Banton’s new single “Summer Body”. As we enter the hottest season of the year, this track is set to be […]
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Nearly a decade after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to provide protections to undocumented immigrants brought here as children, Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas struck down the program on July 16, ordering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]
By Justin Vesser, The Conversation While the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the U.S. have been proved to be safe and effective, recent reports of rare adverse events, or side effects, have raised concerns. On July 12, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved an update to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet […]
By Phillip Barker, Newsweek I’ve been farming in North Carolina for over 40 years. Despite decades of hard work and strong support from fellow farmers and loyal customers, my business has often struggled to make ends meet while neighboring farms turn profits. Why is my experience different? I’m a Black farmer in an industry with […]
On August 17, 2008, Shelly-Ann Fraser won the gold medal in the Women’s 100m Final at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. (Shutterstock) By Stephanie Korney, Jamaicans Jamaica will field a team of 61 male and female track and field athletes – 29 men and 32 women – at the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in […]
Maimonides Becomes Co-operator of NYCH, Enabling Both Entities to Better Meet Community Health Needs; Affiliation between the two hospitals launched after receiving state approval
View of main building of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn where patients for COVID-19 have been treated. – New York, NY – April 1, 2020 (Shutterstock) BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (July 19, 2021) – Maimonides Medical Center and New York Community Hospital (NYCH) today announced the launch of their affiliation. Maimonides, which first entered into a […]
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on stage at the Miramar Cultural Center. He spoke to a capacity audience about Haiti’s progress during his first year in office. – Miramar, Florida/USA – April 15, 2018 (Shutterstock) By BBC The widow of Haiti’s assassinated president has returned to the Caribbean nation after being treated in Florida for wounds […]
By WiredJA News Team, WiredJA BRIDGETOWN, Barbados July 18, 2021 -The Government of Barbados has called on the United States Government to show moral leadership and end the sixty year old economic embargo imposed on the the People of Cuba, as the embargo has achieved nothing but an unjustified punishment of Cuba and unleashed a […]
Supporters of Guadalupe García de Rayos and her family wait for updates during a rally attempting to prevent her deportation. 4569 – Phoenix, Ariz. / U.S. – February 8, 2018 (Shutterstock) By Philip Marcelo, AP News Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for […]