Prime Minister Andrew Holness has put the country on notice that the measures imposed under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus will come to an end within weeks. “The DRMA has reached its limit, the country has reached...
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could be approved for use in children aged 12 and under within months by the US Food and Drug Administration (Photo courtesy NJ.com) CARPHA Statement on the Administration of Pfizer Vaccines to Children Aged 5 to 11 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 9...
The Haitian government has cancelled Carnival this year due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed 804 people and infected 29, 715 others over two years. In a statement, the country's Ministry of Culture said that while the pandemic had been a major factor...
From lionfish to mongooses, and black rats to Giant African Snails, invasive species pose one of the greatest threats to the country’s ecosystems. Not only can they decimate native plants and wildlife, they can deal an almighty economic blow too through losses to agriculture and fisheries. Yesterday,...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy floods killed at least three people in Haiti while damaging crops and thousands of homes, an official said Tuesday, and damage also was reported in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Berla Severin, with Haiti's Civil Protection Agency, told The Associated Press that...