The new EC$5 polymer banknotes are now available in the Commonwealth of Dominica and Grenada. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has issued the new notes to all commercial banks in the Commonwealth of Dominica and the following banks in Grenada: CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) LtdGrenada
UN News - Vulnerable communities disproportionately bear the brunt of environmental degradation caused by plastics pollution, and action is urgently needed to address the issue and restore access to human rights, health and well-being, according to a new UN report published. The report, entitled, Neglected: Environmental Justice Impacts
Press Release - In a handover ceremony, the European Union together with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) provided the Government of Trinidad and Tobago with personal protective equipment (PPE) comprising 7,500 N95 respirator masks and 13,000 surgical masks. The supplies were procured through the 11th
Despite a significant improvement in COVID-19 numbers, the Government of Barbados has announced five “partial lockdown” days to keep the cases on the decline in lieu of Easter celebration. Under the new emergency management directive announced on Saturday, Attorney General Dale Marshall stated that from today,
Press Release - PAHO/WHO, through the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, which is part of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (BIREME/EIH) and the PAHO offices in Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru, invites to participate virtually
UN NEWS—The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed development gains for millions in poor countries, creating an even more sharply unequal world, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. “The global economy has experienced “the worst recession in 90 years, with the most vulnerable segments of
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
A number of Caribbean island nations made a plea to the United States not to neglect its “third border” by sharing its mounting supply of COVID-19 vaccines with the region. According to them, the US should help the region as it has said it would with
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
UN News - COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to rise around the world for a fourth consecutive week, with around 3.3 million new cases reported in the past seven-day period, the UN health agency said on Wednesday. The number of new deaths from the coronavirus levelled off after a six-week decrease,
