Cubans search for holiday food amid deepening crisis Barbados Today24/12/20220959 views SOURCE: AP — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed… Read more
Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage Barbados Today25/09/20220445 views SOURCE: AP — Cuba held a rare referendum Sunday on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, as… Read more
Mottley expresses solidarity with gov’t and people of Cuba Barbados Today07/05/20220441 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, and offered any assistance Barbados can render, following a horrific explosion in downtown Havana on Friday.… Read more
Cuba slaps new tax on food sales as economic woes hit hard Barbados Today06/02/20220427 views SOURCE: AFP — Cuba on Saturday announced a new 10 per cent tax on retail food sales, as the country endures economic woes marked by rampant inflation. The levy taking… Read more
Denny calls on United States to remove embargo against Cuba Anesta Henry24/07/20210692 views General Secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration David Denny has joined the call for the United States to remove the embargo against Cuba. During a solidarity rally… Read more
Barbados issues statement on situation in Cuba Barbados Today18/07/20211479 views Statement by Senator Dr Jerome X Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade: On Sunday, July 11, 2021, a series of street protests took place in Havana and several… Read more
Cuba starts clinical trial for children’s COVID vaccine Barbados Today20/06/20211359 views SOURCE: CMC — The head of the Centre for State Control of Medicines , Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), says a clinical trial on a COVID-19 vaccination for children is… Read more
Cuba registers record 1,077 COVID-19 cases in one day Barbados Today04/04/20211280 views SOURCE: Xinhua — Cuba reported on Friday 1,077 new COVID-19 infections, the highest number in a day, bringing the total to 77,353 cases, along with another four deaths for a… Read more
Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats in Cuba ill Barbados Today06/12/20203853 views A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that “directed” microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. The… Read more
Cuba shuts some schools after a week of classes Barbados Today06/09/20200815 views A small outbreak of COVID-19 cases has prompted authorities to re-close schools in a central Cuban province only a week after they opened. Ciego de Avila schools director Bárbara Rodríguez… Read more