By NAN Contributor News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Aug. 16, 2018:The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, (CDC), has updated its travel warnings on 22 Caribbean nations News Americas has found, stating that the zika virus has been reported in these nations again this summer. The travel notices were updated on August 7th, with the CDC listing the countries alert status ...

By NAN Sports Editor News Americas, ATLANTA, GA, Weds. Aug. 15, 2018: A Caribbean-American born baseball player left tongues wagging Monday night as he made his debut for the Atlanta Braves in stellar fashion. Pembroke Pines, FL-born, Haitian-American, Touki Toussaint, debut in Major League Baseball, became a reality Monday afternoon, with his mother and family on hand to see it. ...

By NAN Contributor News Americas, MIAMI, FL, Tues. Aug. 14, 2018: A Caribbean-born Donald Trump supporter and Republican candidate for Florida’s House District 23, has gotten in hot water with her own party which has now dubbed her a “racist.” Jamaican immigrant Carla Spalding was trying hard to convince GOP voters at an Americans For Trump-Broward event why they should ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Aug. 13, 2018: Business and project developers seeking to raise capital are being offered a free opportunity to learn how to access finance by the Broward County Library in Fort Lauderdale this fall. “Accessing Capital – from Start-Up To Major Funding,” is the theme of the workshop being presented by Felicia J. Persaud, CEO of ...

News Americas, MONTREAL, Canada, Aug. 13, 2018: Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that the company successfully placed three pre-owned Q400 turboprops with PassionAir from the Republic of Ghana. The airline acquired the aircraft through a dry-lease with a third party. “Bombardier has sold about 3,500 new regional aircraft to date, and we continue to be very active on the used ...

By NAN Contributor News Americas, LONDON, England, Mon. Aug. 13, 2018: V.S. Naipaul, (Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul), will always be remembered for “The House of Mr. Biswas” by many Caribbean students of literature who may have first encountered the book as a mandatory choice on their school’s literary list of must-reads. But it is perhaps the Nobel laureate’s criticism of ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 10, 2018: Over five decades of performances and more than 70 CDs later, award-winning Jamaican-born jazz maestro, Monty Alexander, is being bestowed with a honorary doctorate degree from the University of West Indies, (UWI). Alexander, born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on D-Day in Kingston, Jamaica, will be presented with an Honorary Doctor of Letters ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 10, 2018: Over five decades of performances and more than 70 CDs later, award-winning Jamaican-born jazz maestro, Monty Alexander, is being bestowed with a honorary doctorate degree from the University of West Indies, (UWI). Alexander, born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on D-Day in Kingston, Jamaica, will be presented with an Honorary Doctor of Letters ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 10, 2018: Over five decades of performances and more than 70 CDs later, award-winning Jamaican-born jazz maestro, Monty Alexander, is being bestowed with a honorary doctorate degree from the University of West Indies, (UWI). Alexander, born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on D-Day in Kingston, Jamaica, will be presented with an Honorary Doctor of Letters ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 10, 2018: Over five decades of performances and more than 70 CDs later, award-winning Jamaican-born jazz maestro, Monty Alexander, is being bestowed with a honorary doctorate degree from the University of West Indies, (UWI). Alexander, born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on D-Day in Kingston, Jamaica, will be presented with an Honorary Doctor of Letters ...