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Alert: Potential Flight from Barbados (BGI) to New York (JFK) on Thursday, July 2, 2020

Published 2 July 2020

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Alert: Potential Flight from Barbados (BGI) to New York (JFK) on Thursday, July 2, 2020

Location: Barbados

The commercial carrier – JetBlue – has informed the Embassy in Bridgetown that it is intending to offer seats to U.S. citizens and U.S. Legal Permanent Residents on a July 2 flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City departing in the late afternoon. Details of the flight including planned departure time and cost are still to be determined. We urge U.S. citizens (and U.S. Legal Permanent Residents) wishing to travel to the U.S. to monitor Jetblue’s website for flight information and once offered to directly book a seat on their website www.jetblue.com.

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Garland Ventures LTD Voluntary Recalls Five Cheese Stuffed Shells Because of Possible Health Risk

Published 1 July 2020

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Summary

Company Announcement Date: June 30, 2020FDA Publish Date:June 30, 2020

Product Type: Food & Beverages

Reason for Announcement: Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Company Name: Garland Ventures Ltd.

Brand Name: Garland Ventures Ltd.

Product Description: Five Cheese Stuffed Shells

Company Announcement

Garland Ventures Ltd of Garland, Texas is voluntary recalling 1095 cases of Five Cheese Stuffed Shells trays because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

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Venezuela asks EU ambassador to leave within 72 hours

Published 1 July 2020

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Venezuela asks EU ambassador to leave within 72 hours

Xinhua
01 Jul 2020, 16:53 GMT+10

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks in a TV address in Caracas, Venezuela, March 16, 2020. (Venezuela’s Presidency/Handout via Xinhua)

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George Floyd death: Clashes as protests spread across US

Published 30th May 2020

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Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis.

Minnesota’s governor said the tragedy of the death of George Floyd in police custody had morphed into “something much different – wanton destruction”.

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FEDERATION’S AMBASSADORS IN WASHINGTON AND PARIS URGE G20 COUNTRIES TO RETHINK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY TOWARDS MID-INCOME SIDS

Published 15 May 2020

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FEDERATION’S AMBASSADORS IN WASHINGTON AND PARIS URGE G20 COUNTRIES TO RETHINK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY TOWARDS MID-INCOME SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

Washington, May 10, 2020–The Federation’s multilateral ambassador’s in Washington and Paris joined forces this week to urge the G20 countries to rethink their financial assistance strategy towards mid-income small island developing states in a letter published in the influential Financial Times.