Valley Primary School Grade 6 pupils learning while socially distanced. ANGUILLA--The Ministry and Department of Education announced that term three of the 2020 school year, which began on Monday, May 11, will end on Friday, July 24. Although the majority of students will continue their school work...
Two weeks before the official start to Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Arthur has become the first named storm of the year -- but it's expected to brush the US coast before heading back out to sea. At 8 p.m. Sunday, Arthur's outer bands were skirting...
DIRECTOR of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa Etienne is prodding regional governments to maintain routine vaccination programmes amid growing COVID-19 cases, warning that faltering could lead to other disease outbreaks, resulting in health systems buckling. “This week, however, is vaccination week in the Americas;...
The tourism-dependent Caribbean region is expected to suffer more than many of its neighbors in Latin America as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outlined during its 2020 Spring Meetings. Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF's Western Hemisphere department, said in...
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal has reduced the time that dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and his three co-convicts must serve before becoming eligible for parole. The meager two and a half year sentence reductions were granted after the appellate court found an oversight in the trial...