Press Release - The UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia, in collaboration with the GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP, recently hosted its 4th Country Conference under the theme “Visioning Sustainable Futures - Confronting the Threats of Climate Change and Climate Variability” which provided a platform to share existing
UN News - COVID-19 cases globally are on track to rise for a fourth consecutive week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. After six weeks of decline in January and February, cases are now increasing in most regions of the world. Meanwhile, deaths are falling, though
Caribbean’s digital currency to pilot by end of March By the end of this month, the Caribbean will see the rollout and implementation of its very own digital currency. More popularly known as DCash, this Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s (ECCB) digital currency is a securely minted alternative
CTO News - Across the Caribbean, the impact of COVID-19 on the travel and tourism industry has been very apparent. The impact was particularly evident during the period of April to about mid -June when there was literally no activity in some of our destinations. This
UN News - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping them together to ensure skin-to-skin contact. In many countries, if COVID-19 infections are confirmed or suspected,
ATLANTA (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. A day after the shootings, investigators were trying
UN News - Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several more countries suspended its use, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists
International oil cartel Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)+’s strategy is working, Bloomberg reports, and the massive oil tanks swarming the Caribbean islands are solid evidence of this. When Saudi Arabia decided to maintain the large cut in crude production in January, traders have been "draining
UN NEWS—The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, aiming to advance fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. The initiative underscores the need for global solidarity to ensure vaccines are accessible in all countries, initially targeting healthcare workers and the most vulnerable. Tidal wave of suffering “The virus has killed more than 2.5 million people, and left millions more with
Variant of COVID-19 that spread in Britain more fatal, study finds The new variant of the novel coronavirus that was first detected in Britain has been found to be deadlier and more infectious that the earlier strains, according to a recent study. This comes as the world
