UN News - The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world – often in extremely dangerous and hard-to-access conditions – has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The agency was recognized “for its efforts to combat hunger,
The Nature Island of Dominica has launched its "Safe in Nature" tourism campaign aimed to provide a safe experience to visitors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Safe in Nature commitment program is a result of the collective work of The Ministry of Tourism, International Transport and Maritime
Press Release - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deplores the ongoing unilateral, arbitrary and non-transparent blacklisting strategy employed by the European Union (EU) against CARICOM Member States. The most recent inclusion of CARICOM States to the blacklist of alleged non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and jurisdictions identified as
The people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will go to the polls on November 5 in a general election. Parliament will be dissolved today, and Nomination Day will be October 20. Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves who is seeking his fifth consecutive term, made the
UN News - The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that “our health systems are inadequate”, the UN chief told a ministerial meeting on Thursday, citing weak structures and unequal access to healthcare as “major reasons” why the coronavirus has killed one million people and infected more
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the sole regional public health agency, has released a six-minute video highlighting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Entitled "CARPHA – Leading the Caribbean’s COVID-19 Response", the video also includes testimonial on CARPHA’s role in its Member States. Since the pandemic,
The European Union (EU) added two more Caribbean nations - Anguilla and Barbados to its blacklist of tax havens. Anguilla and Barbados now join Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. Virgin Islands on the blacklist. “Anguilla and Barbados were included in the EU list following peer review reports
Press Release – The Cayman Islands has become the 19th Participating State of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), with official admission effective September 1, 2020. The final decision was made at the 5th Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of CDEMA on August 28, 2020,
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said that economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean will be slower than the return to productivity following the subprime mortgage crisis more than a decade ago. Alicia Bárcena was speaking during a
Press Release - Jamaican geospatial scientist and Managing Director of GeoTechVision Jamaica, Valrie Grant, has won the 2020 WE Empower UN Sustainable Development Goals Challenge 2020 Award. The award includes a grant of US$20,000.00 towards her company’s Student Digital Citizenship Programme and EduTechAid initiative. Grant was
