Jamaica GIS - The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported that young persons between the ages of 20 to 29 years now account for the highest number of persons confirmed with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Of the 20,310 persons now confirmed to have the virus in
Residents and citizens of Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) gave the main opposition Progressive National Party (PNP) a landslide victory over the incumbent People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) in the recently concluded General Elections. The PNP won nine of the ten electoral district seats and all five
The critical task of ensuring that all countries have enough medical equipment to vaccinate people safely against COVID-19 gathered pace on Tuesday, with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announcing that 100,000 syringes have been sent to the Maldives, ahead of an inoculation drive there. The shipment
Lost? Find yourself in the British Virgin Islands! - the BVI Tourist Board & Film Commission invites guests to visit the islands and have the opportunity to win prizes. Full press release as follows: After experiencing the rigors of COVID-19 including spending time in quarantine, isolation and
OECS Release - The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) supports Member States engagement in WTO negotiations to end harmful fisheries subsidies. With the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the OECS Commission will be convening a High-Level
In a landmark ruling on LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) stated recently that Jamaica should retract its colonial-era gay sex ban. A decade ago, two Jamaicans initiated the case after being attacked by homophobic gangs and sought asylum overseas.
Travelers' documents and COVID-19 lab results were exposed Hundreds of thousands of travelers' immigration records and COVID-19 test results were discovered to have been left unprotected following a security lapse from the Jamaican government contractor that built the website. According to a recent report by the TechCrunch,
UN News - In its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that although the number of global infections have fallen by 16 per cent in a week – 500,000 fewer cases – regions, including Europe, are still in the grip of the virus whose variants are spreading. The number of coronavirus deaths also declined in all regions by 10 per cent over the same period, with 81,000 fatalities reported in the last week, the UN health agency said in its weekly epidemiological
World Trade Organisation's (WTO) General Council has chosen Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. She will become the first woman and the first African to hold the position. Dr Okonjo-Iweala will take office effective 1 March. Her term, renewable, will expire on
The WHO listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India. WHO’s Emergency Use Listing
