By WIC News Reporter The Government of Canada announced on Friday that Canadian officials would be in Antigua from 19 to 22 July 2022 to carry out biometric processing for persons wishing to obtain visas. As part of the visa application process, Antigua and Barbuda nationals must provide biometric information (fingerprints and a photo) when […]
By Daily Punch The nature isle of Caribbean- Dominica is spending a lot of money on long-term economic projects. The development initiatives are building and developing sustainable housing, healthcare and educational facilities, as well as improving renewable energy capabilities. The Prime Minister of the small island nation, Dominica, has made the commitment to build the […]
By Dominica News Online Free movement of profit and dividends, opportunities for external advancement, and unrestricted business ownership are just some of the benefits available to businesspersons who wish to operate a business in Dominica. Senior Investment Promotion Officer at Invest Dominica Authority (IDA), Hermina Augustine made the remarks while speaking during an event at […]
By WIC News Reporter Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Timothy Harris expressed his satisfaction at the official start of the SOLEC Leclanché Solar Farm, a major government capital project. It will help in the renewable goals of the country upon completion and result in a drop of the cost of electricity to […]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA – June 19th, 2021: African American community members of Milwaukee held a parade to celebrate Juneteenth holiday. (Shutterstock) By Sydney Combs, National Geographic Known to some as the country’s “second Independence Day,” Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of enslaved people in the United States at the end of the Civil War. For more […]
AM Brian Cunningham hosts the Women of Distinction: Spring Flowers. Editorial credit: PP/I.Q. Inc By Linda Nwoke, CAW Exclusive On March 22, Brian Cunningham, a public servant with over fifteen years of political experience, won the special election for Assembly District 43 in Central Brooklyn. A stiff feat against a group of progressive reformers aiming […]
Foley Square, New York, NY, USA – September 23, 2021: “National ‘Communities Not Cages’ Day of Action” demonstration to end deportations, close detention centers, and free detainees. (Shutterstock) By Luisa Farah Schwartzman, The Conversation The first protected category of the United Nations refugee convention is race. The 1951 convention defines a refugee as a person […]
Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 22 2019: Juneteenth Parade Philadelphia at Malcom X Park African American Independence Day. (Shutterstock) By Kris Manjapra, The Conversation The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were […]
By CARICOM His Excellency Joseph Biden – President of the United States of America Heads of State and Government Distinguished Representatives Ladies and Gentlemen We have gathered in the City of Angels. The American city that most reflects the best and worst of the Americas. A city that is home to millions of citizens from […]
Lester Holt at the NBCUniversal Summer Press Day at Universal Studios on May 2, 2018 in Universal City, CA (Shutterstock) By Staff Writer, Jamaicans American journalist and television new anchor Lester Holt was born in 1959 in California. He traces his Jamaican heritage through his grandparents: his maternal grandparents were born in Jamaica. His mother […]