Reverend Holliann Bristol formerly known as Holliann Pluck, stepped away from teaching in 2016 before being ordained in Fort Lauderdale, United States of America alongside her husband Reverend Dexter Bristol. Together they pastor at Faith Fellowship Empowerment Ministry which is located in Kingsland, Christ Church. 

Bristol is the owner of Natural by Nature Organic Body Care. The Guyanese native with extensive knowledge of botanicals (flora) is operating her business from Barbados and offers a wide range of natural skincare from her Kingsland, Christ Church location. 

Her company has been in operation for almost three years with natural skin-care products that cater to everyone’s needs, ranging from anti-ageing to aromatherapy services that have been well received by Barbadians and Guyanese alike.

“Natural by Nature Organic Body Care has been well received in both countries. Most of my customers who are repeat clientele have been with me from the very start of my business over two years ago. In order to spread my wings this past year I stepped out of my comfort zone of being introverted and became the face of my company on social media. The response was phenomenal,” she said. 

The former student of the Cyril Potter College of Education who has a Certificate in Education Secondary Science, with 10 years of experience teaching Science, especially Biology and a Diploma in Interdisciplinary Studies in Bible and Theology from the West Indies School of Technology, is guided by Revelation 22:2 which states “The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations”. She said she decided to start Natural by Nature Organic Body Care in 2021 because of her love for beauty as the women spoken of in the Bible were beautiful.

“I was always obsessed with my pheomelanin (black) skin as I always wanted to make it shine and glow as I hardly wear makeup. As a young lady I was always admired because of my complexion and its beauty. I slowly realized that my purpose in life was to help others to achieve theirs. I utilized my college education after learning Saponification of soaps (soap making) in chemistry at the Teacher’s College, to realize my dream and start my business,” she said. 

Bristol who also has certification in Cosmetology and Advanced Nails from the International Academy of Cosmetology said she made the decision to have all-natural products after realizing the way in which natural remedies worked on her skin over the years.

 “Growing up my mother used [herbs] for many of our ailments and gave us herbs to use on our skin whenever we were afflicted with anything. Our skincare entailed oils and butters, especially coconut and cocoa butter. My mother took care of our hair with her own natural hair products, and we all had long thick hair. When I had the opportunity to create my own products, I wanted to use some of what I experienced as a young girl growing up to make my products. Being a scientist, I absolutely love researching and would spend hours researching plants for their benefits and the best way to utilize them. To date, Natural by Nature Organic Body Care products have helped hundreds of other persons not only in Barbados and Guyana but customers spread across the region as well,” she said. 

As the world celebrates the start of 2023 the owner of Natural by Nature Organic Body Care is hopeful that her company’s products can be distributed internationally. 

“Last year I opened my business in Guyana and my goal is to have products all over the world. My next location is Grenada. I have customers in Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom and the United States of America who are all interested in having my products in a physical location. My vision for the future is to become a household name within the next five years,” she said. 

Bristol wished to thank her husband Reverend Dexter Bristol for his financial support throughout her entrepreneurial journey, her mother, family, members of her church and customers for all of the support they have given to her since beginning her business.

The owner of Natural by Nature Organic Body Care can be found on Instagram @naturalbynature.bb. 

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During a press conference, Estrella stated that the girl had diarrhea and vomiting due to a stomach condition she had been suffering from since December 29, which went away on its own before the mother took her to a medical center for treatment.

Her parents testified that when they transferred her to the mobile center in La Zurza on the morning of the 31st, she had spent the night vomiting, but that by 7:00 a.m., she had stopped.

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“We haven’t had any new scenarios (…), perhaps one or two patients with some evacuations have appeared, but they’ve been ruled out because they haven’t been repeated, and possibly some parasitism from other causes,” he said.

He stated that while the mobile hospitals had been installed in the area for 21 days, emergencies such as hypertension and headache had been attended to. He did, however, confirm that they will remain in place until the circumstances dictate otherwise.

Ever since he began volunteering two months ago for weekend shifts at a clinic in one of the largest shelters in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dr. Brian Elmore has treated about 100 migrants for respiratory viruses and a handful of more serious emergencies, the Associated Press reported.

But what worries him most is something else.

Many migrants are traumatized after their long journeys north.

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The "worsening trauma" experienced by the migrants, the AP reported, often involves witnessing murders and suffering from kidnappings and sexual assault.

"Most of our patients have symptoms of PTSD — I want to initiate a screening for every patient," Elmore, an emergency medicine doctor at Clinica Hope, told the AP.

The Catholic nonprofit Hope Border Institute opened the clinic this past fall with the help of Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, which borders Juarez, said the AP. 

"The Hope Border Institute (HOPE) brings the perspective of Catholic social teaching to bear on the realities unique to our U.S.-Mexico border region," the group's website says. 

"Through a robust program of research and policy work, leadership development and action, we work to build justice and deepen solidarity across the borderlands."

Professionals including doctors, social workers, clergy and law enforcement say growing numbers of migrants are suffering violence that amounts to torture — and are arriving at the U.S.-Mexican border in desperate need of trauma-informed medical and mental health treatment, the AP reported.

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But resources for this specialized care are scarce.

And the network of shelters is so overwhelmed by new arrivals and migrants that only the most severe cases can be handled, according to the AP's reporting.

One specific example, as a case manager described: "A pregnant 13-year-old … fled gang rapes, and so [she] needs help with child care and middle school."

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Zury Reyes Borrero, a case manager in Arizona with the Center for Victims of Torture, visited the young girl when she gave birth — and described the circumstances.

"We get people at their most vulnerable. Some don’t even realize they’re in the U.S.," the case manager told the AP.

In the past six months, Reyes Borrero and a colleague have helped about 100 migrants at Catholic Community Services’ Casa Alitas, a shelter in Tucson, Arizona, she said.

Each visit with a migrant can take hours.

Caseworkers try to build a rapport with the individuals — and focus on empowering them, Reyes Borrero told the AP.

This group of people "might not have any memory that’s safe," said Sarah Howell, who runs a clinical practice and a nonprofit treating migrant survivors of torture in Houston, Texas.

When she visits patients in their new Texas communities, said Howell, they routinely introduce relatives or neighbors who also need help with severe trauma; yet they reportedly lack the stability and safety necessary for healing.

Most migrants need "first-aid mental health" as well as long-term care that’s even harder to arrange once they disperse from border-area shelters to communities across the country, noted another professional.

Left untreated, such trauma can escalate to where it necessitates psychiatric care instead of therapy and self-help, Dylan Corbett, Hope Border Institute’s executive director, told the AP.

Service providers and migrants alike are saying the most dangerous spot on journeys filled with peril at every step is "la selva" — the Darien Gap jungle separating Colombia from Panama, crossed by increasing numbers of Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians who first moved to South America and are now seeking safer lives in the United States, the AP reported.

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Natural perils like deadly snakes and rivers only add to the risks of an area rife with bandits preying on migrants, the same source noted.

Meanwhile, over four million migrants have flocked to the southern border since Vice President Kamala Harris was assigned the task of addressing the "root cause" of the crisis nearly two years ago, Fox News Digital reported this weekend.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection tracked 233,000 border encounters in November.

That's a 35% increase from when Harris was assigned her role on mass migration there in March 2021. 

These encounters are expected to increase after the expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy under President Donald Trump that allows border agents to turn away migrants at the border.

The White House in December could not define exactly what Harris does in her role to address the mass migration.

"I don’t have anything to lay out specifically on what that work looks like," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing when asked about the role of the vice president.

The vice president’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

The Associated Press, as well as Fox News Digital's Patrick Hauf, contributed reporting.

Public Health personnel, accompanied by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) members, direct him to one of the tents set up by the Ministry in this sector of the Dominican capital, on the banks of the Isabela River, where the majority of the country’s ten cases of the disease have been confirmed.

Romer Castro expends his last energy to reach the provisional care center, where they begin the standard protocol for a patient with the symptoms: diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, and dehydration picture. He has taken too long to arrive for treatment, according to the health personnel of the mobile hospital, who are used to foreign patients who are afraid to go to the doctor, especially if they have irregular immigration status.

After giving him first aid, they transport him to the Moscoso Puello Hospital, accompanied by a relative and one of the doctors in charge of the case, so that the necessary tests can be performed to confirm if it is cholera, as there are other conditions, such as parasitism, that present with similar symptoms.

At a press conference, the interim representative of the international organization in the country, Bernardino Vitoy, pointed out that they still do not have the arrival date of the vaccine, but that they are in the middle of the negotiations so that in the future the serum can be placed the vulnerable population.

“World production is not very high, there are few suppliers and an estimate is currently being made of how much it will be possible to allocate to the Dominican Republic,” he said. The doctor also stated that they are working to expand the diagnostic capacity of the pathology, with the delivery of more rapid tests so that infections can be confirmed and ruled out.

According to experts, the cholera vaccine is administered orally and two doses are placed so that it can have the necessary effects.

Only the fact that they are two males was provided, but the current state of the admitted passengers, as well as their nationality, are unknown, though it is assumed that they are foreigners.

Until now, no information has been released by the corresponding authorities, about the origin of the cruise and where the boat was heading, which according to information, has already left the Dominican port.

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The residents of the La Zurza sector, a locality of the National District where four new cases of cholera were confirmed almost a week ago, have had to modify their habits and take extreme hygiene measures to avoid contracting the disease.

Housewives, the elderly, and young people said they only use water from the water tanks recently installed by the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (CAASD) for cooking and doing their chores.

“At every certain point, there are four large water tanks that are filled twice a day and with that water we do everything, because we cannot use water from the well or from the river, due to the weeds,” said Mariela Veras, referring to the degree of contamination of the La Isabela River.

Although the Dominicans said they were aware of the threat posed by cholera, the Haitians residing in the area continue to bathe and even wash their clothes in the pool, which shows how unhealthy it is.

Given this situation and the number of Haitians residing in the area, the health authorities have prepared awareness material in Creole and Spanish so that foreigners can receive in their own language the necessary preventive information to avoid the spread of the dangerous disease.

“We have been educating them house by house, we are taking them educational material in Spanish and Creole because there are some foreign citizens here, but the Dominicans have mostly heeded the call for prevention, which is what we are looking for,” said the director of Area IV of Public Health, Jesús Surdí.

On the other hand, during a tour made by journalists of this newspaper, a brigade of workers of the Mayor’s Office of the National District was observed in the area, which has been cleaning all the places that could be a focus of bacteria since yesterday morning.

Mobile hospital

By order of the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Rivera, a mobile hospital was installed last Monday in La Zurza. A team of doctors assists all citizens who present any symptomatology related to cholera.

Fewer patients

Dr. Máximo Canela, in charge of the unit, explained to journalists of Listín Diario that, although the number of patients has gradually decreased, each patient is evaluated, submitted to treatment, or referred to a hospital center, depending on the case.

He added that they are also doing “an educational work by handing out flyers containing essential information on cholera.”

A week ago, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed four new cases of cholera, for a total of six in the country. All correspond to Dominican citizens residing in the La Zurza sector of the National District.

The health authorities urged the population not to be alarmed, to remain alert to reports, and to follow prevention measures such as frequent hand washing, washing food properly, eating well-cooked food, and drinking only potable water.

They also recommend going to the nearest health center for investigation and timely treatment if you have any diarrheal events.

The Ozama cordon

On Thursday, the proposal of the Listin Diario newspaper in its Wednesday editorial to cordon off and prohibit the access of bathers to the Isabela and Ozama rivers due to their high levels of contamination and the recent incidence of cholera bacteria was positively accepted by the Ministry of Health.

According to Dr. Daniel Rivera, Minister of Health, the analyses to understand whether or not it is necessary to limit the passage to both river sources are already underway.

Rivera added that, as Public Health, they are going to wait until they see the cultural studies in the waters of the two rivers to proceed to accompany the acting institutions as much as they have done in the intervention process developed by the Ministry in the capital sector of La Zurza, where the first cases of cholera have appeared in the country.

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Cases and tests

The Ministry of Public Health reported that eight cases had been confirmed in the Dominican Republic, and six others are awaiting results. It explains that since the cholera cases appeared in Haiti, more than 3,000 tests have been carried out in the country to detect the disease.

Prevention

To combat the disease, the authorities continue to intensify preventive measures through water chlorination, monitoring in schools where toilets and pipes are being repaired, installing new water tanks, creating wells for drinking water supply, and cleaning rivers.