UN News - Hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been on board for many months longer than planned, stranded at sea due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Six months after the problem was first revealed, many of them are still struggling to cope with the ongoing uncertainty. Throughout
Press Release - The Cayman Islands Government received its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, 5 January 2021 when 9750 doses arrived on the British Airways flight. Pfizer-BioNTech was the first vaccine to receive approval in the United Kingdom (UK) and it has
Caribbean leaders, entrepreneurs, and the business community remembers the legacy of Jamaican hotelier Gordon “Butch” Stewart who passed away Monday. Caribbean leaders In a Twitter post, Jamaica's prime minister, Andrew Holness, called the late Stewart one of Jamaica's most brilliant, innovative and transformative business minds. "Butch was a
Press Release - The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Regional Security System Asset Recovery Unit (RSS ARU) host the 2021 Creative Youth Competition with a focus on art. The ECCB/RSS-ARU Creative Youth Competition is designed to allow students, aged 13-19 in the eight ECCB
UN News - In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN health agency said that it was important to remember COVID-19 was just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world. In his
Jamaican-born hotelier and founder of Sandals Resorts International Gordon "Butch" Stewart passed away on Monday evening. He was 79. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on the island, where he got the nickname “Butch” after being called it by an American
In commemoration of World Braille Day, The UN highlighted the importance of the Braille for the blind and the visually impaired to have access to information. UN News - People with vision impairment are more likely to experience higher rates of poverty, neglect and violence. The coronavirus pandemic and its
Grenada GIS - Although the curfew remains in effect, under the new regulations, restaurants are permitted to resume dine-in services within the allowed hours of operation. However, the nightly curfew in Grenada will continue for another week. The 8:00PM to 5 am curfew is intended to limit
UN News - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be born on the first day of 2021. “The children born today enter a world far different than even a year ago, and a New Year brings a new
UN News - The General Assembly body dealing with UN administrative and budgetary matters (Fifth Committee) had discussed and approved the $3.231 billion budget for 2021. 168 United Nations Member States cast their ballots in favour, two against (Israel, United States) and no abstentions. After more than four decades
