UN News - Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 08 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that the world “cannot emerge from the pandemic with the clock spinning backwards on gender equality”. Mr Guterres highlighted the contribution that women have made to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, hailed the
Media Release - The health, safety and regional security of the Caribbean’s economies are closely related to the health of its tourism industry given that the Caribbean sub-region is the most tourism-dependent region of the world. The tourism sector has historically been one of the industries hardest hit by
CARICOM – The government of Belize is pioneering coral transplantation and beach reclamation effort in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, located in the southern part of the island.San Pedro is the setting of the first face-to-face meeting in two years of the Conference of CARICOM Heads
Saint Lucia's Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs confirm a total of nine (9) new cases of COVID-19 from samples collected from March 3, 2022, to March 5, 2022. A total of one hundred forty-seven (147) samples were processed Saturday, March 5, 2022. Ninety-six (96)
Reuters - U.S. payments firms Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc said they were suspending operations in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, and that they would work with clients and partners to cease all transactions there. Within days, all transactions initiated with Visa cards issued in
Face-to-face classes in Jamaica are slated to fully resume on Monday, March 7. The announcement was made during a virtual Town Hall Meeting on Friday, March 4. All is set for the full resumption of classes including the readiness of the Ministry of Health to respond to
The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica has restricted Russian and Belarusian nationals from obtaining Dominican citizenship. In a statement issued by the Dominica Citizenship by Investment Unit (CBIU) to all authorized agents on March 4, 2022, the CBIU said that the processing of applications from
UN News - Germany has become the first country to answer a call for wealthy nations to contribute their “fair share” towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday. The country has committed to providing $1.22 billion to support the ACT-Accelerator, the
Media Release - Knowledge is power, and education empowers; hence, the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica is incessantly working to revolutionize the education sector in the country. Apart from the new housing initiatives rolled out, another priority of the Skerrit-led administration is the modernization of
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says they are monitoring and preparing for the impact that the country’s economy will face brought about by the conflict between, Ukraine and Russia. “We expect that the impact on Jamaica could be through the global energy prices, oil prices, in
