St Vincent and the Grenadines’ National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) recently gave caution to communities near the La Soufriere volcano to raise their preparedness in the event that a short-notice evacuation becomes absolutely compulsory. NEMO’s warning came as a change in seismic activity with the volcano’s
Grenada Embassy Release - The Government of Grenada represented by the Ministry of Health and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, have announced a cooperation agreement designed to facilitate the registration and distribution of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Grenada and the
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank's (ECCB) digital currency, DCash, will commence on March 31 in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia. ECCB Governor, Timothy N. J. Antoine, announced the public roll-out of DCash through various social media platforms. Antoine emphasises that DCash
Authorities investigate missing vaccines as the Government of Jamaica affirms its commitment to break the cycle of improper distribution of scarce public goods by exercising fairness and integrity in distributing the COVID-19 vaccines. In a virtual vaccine town hall meeting last Friday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness
OECS Release - The 6th Special meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority was convened virtually on Friday, March 19, 2021, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The meeting welcomed the Director General of the
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
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
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
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
