From Wesley Gibbings, ACM: The Association of Caribbean Media Workers shares the shock and grief of family members, friends and colleagues of Barbados Nation photographer Christoff Griffith who was killed while on duty earlier today. The ACM condemns this and all other ruthless forms of attacks on journalists and the media throughout the world. This incident highlights the vulnerability of media professionals and calls for greater vigilance by all when out in the field. We call for swift action in apprehending the perpetrator responsible.
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Introduction I remember as if yesterday, though many moons ago. Coming from school, was a poor innocent little boy, aka me. If you know Barrouallie well, you would know that there is always someone with a radio or set, playing, apparently, for the whole community. Poorsah had just released a song, where, in it, he was assisting a lady to pick a coconut broom, for the conveyed purpose of tidying her dirty yard. As a child, I took it as stated. Growing up in a rural area, it was easy to identify with that circumstance. In those days, one would…
Dense layers of Saharan dust continue moving westward over the #LesserAntilles. Concentrations should start gradually reducing by this evening over #Barbados, then further west from #Trinidad northward to #Martinique by early Tuesday and the ABC islands by Tuesday evening. Further north from #Dominica to #StKitts and #Barbuda should see an improvement by Wednesday AM and from #Statia northward to #Anguilla and westward to the #VirginIslands sometime on Thursday. Please NOTE: there will be fluctuations in concentrations over time and residents within the CAI should also expect another moderate layer of dust to be over the islands by next week. Please…
All over the world, we see demonstrations and protests happening regarding the black lives matter movement and we see many Vincentians voicing their support for this movement. But do all black lives matter to Vincentians? Interestingly enough, whilst we are continuing to voice our opinions about racism, police brutality and oppression against black people at the hands of mainly other white people, in an interesting combination of events, LGBT Pride Month is also here. LGBT Pride Month takes place annually in June because of the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969 in the United States of…
President Donald Trump declined in a recent interview to rule out meeting with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, expressing openness to a presidential visit that would upend his administration’s hard-line policy toward the dictator. Axios reported Sunday that when a reporter asked Trump if he would meet with Maduro, the president replied: “I would maybe think about that. … Maduro would like to meet. And I’m never opposed to meetings — you know, rarely opposed to meetings.” Trump’s comments — including ambivalence toward his 2019 decision to recognize National Assembly head Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president — came days after…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Comedian DL Hughley announced he tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing onstage during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee. The stand-up comedian, 57, lost consciousness while performing at the Zanies comedy nightclub on Friday night and was hospitalized, news outlets reported. On Saturday, Hughley posted a video on Twitter in which he said he was treated for exhaustion and dehydration afterward. “I also tested positive for COVID-19, which blew me away,” he says in the video. “I was what they call asymptomatic. I didn’t have any symptoms, the classic symptoms.”
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Development Bank have partnered with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union to host a series of digital seminars for regional journalists and communicators focused on responsible reporting of COVID-19. Three more webinars are scheduled — with one held last week — intended to better position the participants to provide accurate evidence-based information regarding COVID-19 developments across the region and globally. More than 200 media workers and communicators from Jamaica and other Caribbean territories participated in the first session convened on Thursday, June 18, under the theme ‘Key Epidemiological and Ethical Concepts…
Godfrey Harry, a Level 5 Track and Field Coach attached to the Thomas Saunders Secondary Schools (TSSS), needs little convincing that the synthetic track currently being installed at Brighton, will redound in an increased medal tally for SVG. “Definitely, with the availability of a syntactic surface, the talent pool in SVG will rise; it would definitely boost the performance of the athletes and as a result, the medals pool will rise for SVG,” Harry advanced in a recent conversation with this publication. “I am hoping, once certified by the IAAF, that we will be able to host Junior CARIFTA Games…
PORT OF SPAIN- Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says the borders of the twin island republic will remain closed as long as health requirements related to COVID-19 remain in place. Speaking during a media conference in Tobago on Saturday, the Prime Minister said while some Caribbean countries have started to reopen their borders, his administration is determined to take a cautious approach. “We want to keep our borders where it is because the pandemic is raging. The closure of the borders is not meant to penalise anybody, it’s not meant to lock us in here and make us prisoners. It’s…