Tourism Trinidad to Host Lagniappe Culinary Cultural Experience

Tourism Trinidad to Host Lagniappe Culinary Cultural Experience

by Harry Johnsonn //eturbonews.com When government officials and professionals from the Caribbean’s Tourism and Travel Industry converge in Manhattan, New York for Caribbean Week 2023, they can look forward to enjoying Lagniappe – A Culinary Cultural Experience of Trinidad, which will be hosted by Tourism Trinidad Limited at Midtown Loft and Terrace in Manhattan, from 7pm […]

WHO’s annual assembly ends with agreement on funding, and array of health topics

WHO’s annual assembly ends with agreement on funding, and array of health topics

By: PAHO Geneva, Switzerland, 30 May 2023- WHO’s 76th health assembly closed today, having addressed a vast array of issues, including behavioral sciences; best buys for non-communicable diseases; diagnostics; drowning prevention; emergency, critical and operative care; food micronutrients; Indigenous health; infection prevention and control; maternal and child health; medical oxygen; primary health care; refugee and […]

Countries agree to prioritize initiatives to improve the health of Indigenous populations

Countries agree to prioritize initiatives to improve the health of Indigenous populations

Editorial credit: ROSITO / Shutterstock.com Geneva, 29 May, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – A new resolution to accelerate efforts towards ensuring the health of Indigenous populations was approved today at the 76th World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, this week from 21-30 May. The commitment is expected to have significant implications for the Americas, which […]

Disinfectants and cleaning products harboring toxic chemicals are widely used despite lack of screening for potential health hazards

Disinfectants and cleaning products harboring toxic chemicals are widely used despite lack of screening for potential health hazards

By: Courtney Carignan // TheConversation.com The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Concerns about unnecessary use of a common class of antimicrobial chemicals used in disinfectants reinforces recommendations to opt for soap and water or safer products, my colleagues and I determined in our recent critical review of the scientific literature. Quaternary ammonium compounds, or QACs, are increasingly marketed […]

You, Your Kids, & Mary Jane

You, Your Kids, & Mary Jane

By Lea Bennette Marijuana, Weed, Mary Jane, Cannabis, Hemp, Pot. The names and our sensibilities towards the industrious plant have changed throughout human history. Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that has been legalized in several countries. Its effects on human behavior have been studied extensively, but little is known about the impact of marijuana on […]

The Responsibilities of Parents and the Rights of Autistic Children

The Responsibilities of Parents and the Rights of Autistic Children

By Linda Nwoke  Alexa is a bright and imaginative seven-year-old girl living in her creative world. A world that includes her and shuts most people out, characterized by complex social interactions even with her immediate family members. Alexa finds it challenging to make friends and does not understand social cues, like facial expressions and body […]

Jon Favreau Receives Honorary Doctorate at Queens College Commencement

Jon Favreau Receives Honorary Doctorate at Queens College Commencement

Actor, writer, director, and producer Jon Favreau, a Flushing native who attended Queens College from 1984 to 1987, received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at today’s 99th commencement exercises. (Click here for video of Favreau accepting his degree.) Favreau’s work in such films as Elf, Zathura, Iron Man and Iron Man 2, Cowboys and Aliens, Chef, The Jungle Book, and The Lion King is known around the […]

Caribbean be warned: El Niño looking more likely – it may be a ‘significant event’

Caribbean be warned: El Niño looking more likely – it may be a ‘significant event’

By: Caribbean Business Report A joint media release by The UWI Global Institute for Climate Smart and Resilient Development (The UWI GICSRD) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) concludes that it is increasingly likely that an El Niño will emerge in the next few months. El Niño is the term used to […]

NY Schools Most Segregated in the US; Black and Brown Kids Should Attend Charter Schools

NY Schools Most Segregated in the US; Black and Brown Kids Should Attend Charter Schools

By Linda Nwoke Editorial credit: Darwin Brandis / Shutterstock.com In 2014, the Civil Rights Project at UCLA reported that New York State was the most segregated state in the nation for Black students. The problem persists. In an updated analysis using 2018 data, a new report released in June 2022 from the Civil Rights Project finds that […]

Decimation Of Vulnerable Nations Inevitable If Global Warming Continues On Present Trend

Decimation Of Vulnerable Nations Inevitable If Global Warming Continues On Present Trend

By Sir Ronald Sanders John Kerry, former US Secretary of State and current US Special Envoy on Climate Change matters, told the world’s ambassadors at a meeting in Washington, on May 10, that “there is no way” of keeping the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius unless CO2 emissions are drastically reduced. Over […]

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