Scrutiny over New York's Covid-19 response has deepened after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state recorded its highest single-day increase in virus deaths...
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS-- The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy, Junior Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) to mark...
Posted on April 7, 2020By Azad Ali
Caribbean
The University of the West Indies (UWI) recently launched a task force to assist with the mobilization of the region’s...
Deaths worldwide have passed 74,000. There have been more than 1.3 million infections and more than 280,000 people have recovered.
France recorded its highest daily...
Ambassador Tom Lee
By Loshaun Dixon
The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has re-expressed its support for St. Kitts and Nevis in its fight...
By Loshaun Dixon
Arrests in relation to the 24-hour curfew are up to 29, Superintendent of Police Cromwell Henry has confirmed.
Henry was speaking at a...
The third weekly installment of Leadership Matters airing Today, April 7th will feature Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, along with Senior Minister...
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Among the thousands of Jamaican immigrants that move to the United States and maintain the standard of excellence is Navy Captian Janice...
BBC- The authorities in Ecuador's most populous city, Guayaquil, say they are handing out 4,000 cardboard coffins amid a shortage of traditional wooden caskets.
Forensic...
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 05, 2020 (RSCNPF): Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Adolph Adams, has assured that persons who breach the curfew conditions will...
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 05, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) has commissioned...
25 Latin American and Caribbean countries coordinate to support the regular functioning of the food system during the COVID-19 crisis
April 3, 2020, Santiago de...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados’ Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has sought to assure the country that there is no shortage of ventilators...
Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being "wiped out" by the coronavirus, according to health experts.
Respiratory...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after being hospitalized Sunday with coronavirus, the prime minister’s office said Monday.
“Over the...
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 05, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The excellent response of local healthcare practitioners on...
More than 130,000 kindergarten, primary and secondary school students across the Caribbean will benefit from the Flow Study program FREE of charge from now...
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD Dixmude set sails for the French Antilles in the Caribbean this morning. The vessel will be providing...
The UK's only hospital ship set sail from Plymouth yesterday for the Caribbean to support British Overseas Territories during the upcoming hurricane season and...
Director of the Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP), Mr. Emile Greene appealed Tuesday for all staff and participants in the programme to comply with...
Advancements were recently announced for several police officers, with two Corporals promoted to the rank of Acting Sergeant and five Constables promoted to Acting...
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said his administration acknowledges and has the utmost respect for the role of the church in society,...
The Federal Ministry of Health announced Thursday evening at 11:04 a.m. Thursday, St. Kitts and Nevis recorded one additional case of COVID-19, briunging the...
BY KYLE MIZOKAMI
RCGS RESOLUTE
A Venezuelan patrol boat was sent to intercept the cruise ship Resolute, firing warning shots and ramming it several times.
The cruise ship,...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s once-startling homicide numbers have fallen again, the government reported Wednesday, and some experts said the lock-down...
Peru has begun enforcing strict new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease, restricting public movement by gender.
Men can only leave home...
Castries, St. Lucia- Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) has announced that the Republic Group will be making a contribution of the equivalent of US$2...
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, commended front-line officers for their leadership in the fight against COVID-19 during...
An official website, covid19.gov.kn, has been set up as a one-stop shop for all COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus 2019) related news and information in the Federation of...
Dire projections of U.S. deaths from the coronavirus are placing new scrutiny on the Trump administration's initial response while prompting questions about whether faster...
The government is sensitive to the needs of the self-employed, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said at the “Leadership Matters” virtual townhall...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical...
KINGSTON, Jamaica – In the one month it took the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to completely spread across the Caribbean, several islands have successfully managed to contain...
Gov. Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced he has signed an executive order requiring the state's residents to limit their movement outside of...
Police Superintendent Cromwell Henry
By Loshaun Dixon
The police have confirmed five individuals have been arrested for breaking the 24-hour curfew which started Tuesday evening.
Superintendent of...
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Eastern Caribbean early Tuesday morning and, while there were no reports of damage or injury, some residents...
By Christiane Wiskow and Maren Hopfe
ILO Sectoral Policies Department
In many cities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak a nightly ritual has been taking place whereby...
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honorable Timothy Harris, affims that COVID-19 cases will decline in the Federation if residents take...
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said during his address to the nation Monday that there is no need for impulsive buying.
“There is an adequate...
With the nation in a complete curfew, the Ministry of Community Development, Gender Affairs & Social Services wishes advised that persons seeking urgent assistance...
Field hospital constructed in New York's Central Park
(CNN) President Donald Trump finally leveled with America about the desperate reality of the coronavirus pandemic, warning...
The seafoam green rooms of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince are predominantly empty this week, absent the doctors and nurses who refuse to work...
Among the drugs used for COVID-19 is a particularly promising Cuban compound called "Interferon alfa-2b," which has been successfully administered to Chinese patients.
In Cuba,...
Facebook and Twitter have deleted posts from world leaders for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Facebook deleted a video from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that...
GENEVA (ILO News) – New guidelines for businesses, to help them support working families during the COVID-19 pandemic, have been issued by the International...
By Loshaun DIxon
Thirty-four medical professionals from Cuba arrived in the Federation Saturday to assist in the fight against COVID19.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Cuba...
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CIC) released the following statement Monday regarding Saturday’s declaration of a State of Emergency by the federal government...
MIAMI-DADE, Florida – Following a weeklong Spring Recess, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) resumes its Instructional Continuity Plan (ICP), the District’s distance learning model that...
