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Day: April 9, 2024

Cayman: February 2024 funerals

Gloria Pearl Ebanks                                                                21 oct 1927 – 6 Feb…

Solar eclipse over North America

Here are [a few of] the best photos of the April 8 total solar eclipse over North America From LIVESCIENCE By Ben Turner From LIVESCIENCE Image credit: Brandon Bell via Getty Images On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse drew its enormous…

MESSAGE FROM JO & CO ieyenews up for sale

From Joan Wilson, Publisher. & Colin Wilson, Editor-in-Chief. As both Jo and I are advancing in age (and also Carol Ann Rudy, our USA contributor) – we are all in our 80’s – Jo will be 90 in September, ieyenews…

27 Green Entrepreneurs Awarded Interest-Free Loans under the Eastern Caribbean Greenpreneurs Accelerator Program

Media Release Courtesy GGGI  April 9, 2024 — The Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Initiative announced the selection of 27 green entrepreneurs as recipients of interest-free loans totaling USD 863,403. Under the Initiative’s Accelerator Program, these entrepreneurs were chosen from a competitive pool…

FBI Foils Idaho Church Attack by ISIS Sympathizer

By Peter Malbin  From Newsmax screenshot NEWSMAX TV The FBI arrested a man on Saturday who pledged his alliance to ISIS and planned to attack churches in Idaho. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources…

OECS Athletes Shine at CARIFTA Games

CARIFTA Games Javelin Event. Photo Credit: CARIFTA Games Grenada 2024 OECS Media Release Courtesy Terry Finisterre The 11-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States garnered a total of 32 medals at the CARIFTA Games, held at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium…

OECS Communications UnitOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean States

From Malika Thompson-Cenac Communications Specialist, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean State Article Courtesy UNICEF Castries, Saint Lucia, 26 March 2024- UNICEF and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Tuesday signed a renewed Partnership Agreement, which will directly impact the lives…

ECTEL’s Digital Inclusion Strategy Gains Momentum Across 5 Eastern Caribbean Countries

Article Courtesy Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Castries, Saint Lucia-4th April 2024- A survey to ascertain information about access to, use and affordability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and broadband products and services in the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority’s (ECTEL’s) five…

Lesbian Activist Delivers Landmark Security Council Briefing on LGBTQ Rights in Colombia’s Armed Conflict

From Matuba Mahlatjie, Outright Action International New York, 9 April 2024 – For the first time in its 78-year history, the United Nations Security Council received a full briefing in a regular session on security issues impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,…

SOS! Refugees under fire

By Krysta Bisnauth, From Freedom United For the first three months of 2024, over 200 hundred migrants and refugees have died attempting to leave Libya for Europe, according to search and rescue NGOs.    Meanwhile, humanitarians dodge gunfire [1] from the Libyan Coast Guard(LCG) as they…