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A plan to build a shipping container terminal the size of 144 football fields at a Vancouver port has sparked concerns for endangered orcas and the salmon they depend on; consult at provincial and federal level and with Indigenous groups would be required

With heavy rains falling in the last two weeks, alarms have been raised to accelerate plans to prevent further dengue and malaria infections; in the first six weeks of the year, there has been a 147% increase in cases compared to 2021

The country’s new Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Centre has been inaugurated by President Luis Arce Catacora, who saluted it as the establishment with the ‘most advanced technology’ of the region thus far

The official opening of the Honorary Consulate General of Switzerland in Basseterre will further consolidate relations with the country

The government cut down gas taxes, increased gas subsidies and temporarily prohibited the price increase of public transportation in order to alleviate the economic situation

The UNHRC called upon the government to pacifically hold the upcoming elections and implement with greater magnitude the historical FARC peace accords

In seeking to reduce the Food Import Bill, Government continues to encourage Vincentians to buy and eat local; the Rural Transformation Unit is leading the drive to revive home gardening, traditional method for households supply of nutritious groceries

Thousands of protesters gathered in Brasilia after one of the country’s most renown musicians, Caetano Veloso, called a major protest to denounce what environmentalists call a ‘historic assault’ on the Brazilian environment

Investors bought an island off the coast of Belize to start a new country called Islandia, claiming to be the world’s newest micronation - an area that claims national sovereignty; it is not recognized by other sovereign states

The sugar harvest season officially begins today; target output for 2022 exceeds 2021 figures, it will satisfy 100% of local consumption needs, favor local rum producers and be exported by local firms

Ten Ciceron women have been honoured by the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment in collaboration with Help Age Saint Lucia for their contribution to community development

200 Ghanaians studying medicine in Ukraine, whose education was interrupted due to the Russian invasion, can now continue their studies in Grenada

The delivery of justice in TT ‘is unacceptably slow’ laments PM, despite having given to the judiciary highest priority, millions invested, fresh human resources and with new strategies hundreds of thousand of cases were taken off the system