Farmers Benefit From Taiwan Eggplant Demonstration

Farmers Benefit From Taiwan Eggplant Demonstration

Nearly forty farmers from across Saint Lucia on Tuesday, September 13 benefited from a demonstration hosted by the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) on how to plant, care for, and market eggplant. The two-hour demonstration was held at the TMM’s demonstration farm in Union, Castries, where experts from the TTM shared crucial information with farmers, including […]

Why is NYC’s Economy Still Lagging? Take a Close Look at Construction, Entertainment and Retail

Why is NYC’s Economy Still Lagging? Take a Close Look at Construction, Entertainment and Retail

New York City, New York / USA United States – 04 08 2019: Construction workers at work on a skyscraper building renovation and construction site on a scaffold. (Shutterstock) By Greg David, THE CITY In the summer of 2019, with the city’s economy booming and with tourists arriving in such numbers that a record 67 […]

Petition Drive to Biden Renews Calls for Garvey Pardon

Petition Drive to Biden Renews Calls for Garvey Pardon

By Vinette K. Pryce A renewed effort to mobilize support for a presidential pardon for Jamaica’s first national hero is now in effect after recently re-launching during the anniversary birthday week of Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Jump-started by Pulitzer prize winning author Karen Hunter, the movement was resuscitated after the first Black president of the USA […]

New York’s $250 Million Lawsuit Against Donald Trump is the Beginning, Not End, of This Case – a Tax Lawyer Explains What’s at Stake

New York’s $250 Million Lawsuit Against Donald Trump is the Beginning, Not End, of This Case – a Tax Lawyer Explains What’s at Stake

New York, NY – July 27, 2022: Attorney General Letitia James speaks during rally at 1199 SEIU Headquarters. (Shutterstock) By Bridget J. Crawford, The Conversation What are Trump and his children accused of in the lawsuit? The complaint is over 200 pages long and contains many specific claims. But, at its heart, the complaint says […]

Heads of State Commit to Noncommunicable Disease Global Compact to Save 50 Million Lives by 2030

Heads of State Commit to Noncommunicable Disease Global Compact to Save 50 Million Lives by 2030

Michael R. Bloomberg reappointed as WHO Global Ambassador of Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries New Gallup survey indicates strong global support for policies outlined in WHO report to combat growing public health burden of noncommunicable diseases Geneva / New York, 21 September 2022 –Today, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, launched a new report calling […]

As COVID-19 Continues to Impact the Americas, Dwindling Vaccination Rates Leave Countries Susceptible to Polio and Other Preventable Diseases

As COVID-19 Continues to Impact the Americas, Dwindling Vaccination Rates Leave Countries Susceptible to Polio and Other Preventable Diseases

By PAHO Washington D.C. 21 September 2022 (PAHO) – While COVID-19 continues to take around 4,000 lives each week in the Americas, and monkeypox cases rise, the polio virus has now been detected among unvaccinated communities in New York. In light of this, the Pan American Health Organization Director (PAHO) has called on countries to […]

Media Advisory: Serious Tropical Threat Could Be Brewing for Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico

AccuWeather issues the first track forecast map as concern grows for potential major hurricane intensity, advising anyone living from the central and western Caribbean to the southeastern U.S. to stay tuned to the latest developments.

Media Advisory: Serious Tropical Threat Could Be Brewing for Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – September 21, 2022 –  AccuWeather forecasters are looking ahead to the next tropical threat behind Hurricane Fiona, which pummeled the Turks and Caicos Tuesday morning as a Category 3 storm and poses a threat to Bermuda and parts of eastern Canada later this week, and are cautioning about new development in the Atlantic basin that could be a danger […]

Mayor Eric Adams Recognizes the Contributions of Immigrants at CGI 2022 Meeting

Mayor Eric Adams Recognizes the Contributions of Immigrants at CGI 2022 Meeting

New York, NY – September 19, 2022: Mayor Eric Adams delivers keynote remarks at the opening of Concordia annual summit at Sheraton Times Square. (Shutterstock) Thank you, thank you so much. And to my fellow mayors that are here as well, this engaging conversation… Welcome to the city. We only have one request of you […]

Mayor Adams Launches COVID-19 Booster Campaign, Announces Additional Flexibility for NYC Businesses, Parents

Mayor Adams Launches COVID-19 Booster Campaign, Announces Additional Flexibility for NYC Businesses, Parents

NEW YORK – As New York City Mayor Eric Adams received his own COVID-19 bivalent booster shot today, he and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan announced the launch of a citywide campaign to promote COVID-19 boosters this fall. In the next week, print, television, radio, and digital ads […]

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