Over the past 18 months, Barbados Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders have been working extensively to prepare for the reopening for leisure and business travel in the island. During the launch of the new Barbados Tourism promotional campaign entitled “Little Island Big Barbados”, Minister Lisa
As the eruption of La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have shown, infrastructure will define the battle for survival around the world. This is what Nick O'Regan, Director of Implementation Practices and Standards at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), argued
ASSOCIATED PRESS — The man in the WhatsApp video says he has seen it work himself: A few drops of lemon juice in the nose will cure COVID-19. “If you practice what I am about to say with faith, you will be free of corona in five seconds,”
CARICOM appoints first female Secretary-General In an unprecedented move, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has unanimously selected economist Dr. Carla Barnett as the new CARICOM Secretary-General. A citizen of Belize, Dr. Barnett will succeed Ambassador Irwin LaRocque of Dominica, whose term will end in three months. Barnett will
UN NEWS—Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries, are putting recovery at risk, according to the latest UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday. The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-year report warned widening inequality is threatening global
Three St. Croix schools in the U.S. Virgin Islands sent their students home on Thursday following a "noxious" odor from the island's major oil refinery that was affecting the air quality on the campuses. This was the second time in a month that the schools
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country’s health system shows no signs of abating. Many medical
UN NEWS—An international hub for pandemic control, dubbed the "pandemic hub," is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global health threats, the UN health agency announced on Wednesday. Supported by the German Government, the centre will
A 5-megawatt/2.5 megawatt-hours battery energy storage system is slated to provide the Commonwealth of Dominica the necessary reserve power from existing sources of renewable energy in the island in times of calamities and emergencies. This battery storage system will be connected to Dominica's national grid, and is
UN News - The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end of the country’s fourth outbreak of the deadly disease
