THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch king ruled out Thursday using, for now at least, the royal family’s “Golden Carriage,” one side of which bears a painting that critics say glorifies the…
Category: Humanitarian News
January Is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month: USAO
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Shappert noted that the Department of Justice…
Baby Logan Cruz Loses Battle With Leukemia
FREDERIKSTED — Baby Logan Cruz, after an intense two-year battle, succumbed to leukemia Friday. Despite numerous treatments and many painful months, the toddler was unable to defeat the aggressive disease. His death…
Six Flags In Mexico City Drops ‘Affectionate Behavior’ Ban
MEXICO CITY — The Six Flags amusement park in Mexico City announced this week it is dropping a ban on “affectionate behavior” after complaints over two gay friends being taken out of…
Media Reps Say 45 Reporters, Staffers Died At Work In 2021
BRUSSELS — A total of 45 reporters and media workers were killed doing their jobs over the last year, the highest number among them in strife-torn Afghanistan, the world’s largest organization of…
Inflation, Even In Dollars, Dims Venezuelans’ Holiday Season
CARACAS — Tradition dictates that Venezuelans, children and adults alike, wear brand new clothes on Christmas and New Year’s. Shirts, pants, dresses, stilettos and sneakers — all with that new smell and…
Communist Cuba Records Runaway Inflation Of Over 70%
HAVANA — Cuba will have an inflation rate of over 70 percent by the end of 2021, Economy Minister Alejandro Gil said on Tuesday. Cuba’s economy shrank 10.9 percent in 2020 as…
Ex-Hostages Doing Well, Have Left Haiti, Mission Agency Says
PORT-AU-PRINCE — All the former hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group kidnapped in Haiti have been flown out of the country after a two-month ordeal, the leader of their Ohio-based missions organization…
Notice to the Current Applicants On The Housing Choice Voucher Program Wait List
KINGSHILL — The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program is a new special purpose tenant-based voucher program funded through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), the Virgin Islands Housing Authority said….
As Violence In Haiti Spikes, Aid Groups Struggle To Help
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A spike in violence has deepened hunger and poverty in Haiti while hindering the very aid organizations combating those problems in a country whose government struggles to provide basic services….