UN News - COVID-19 cases globally are on track to rise for a fourth consecutive week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. After six weeks of decline in January and February, cases are now increasing in most regions of the world. Meanwhile, deaths are falling, though
CTO News - Across the Caribbean, the impact of COVID-19 on the travel and tourism industry has been very apparent. The impact was particularly evident during the period of April to about mid -June when there was literally no activity in some of our destinations. This
UN News - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping them together to ensure skin-to-skin contact. In many countries, if COVID-19 infections are confirmed or suspected,
UN News - Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several more countries suspended its use, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists
International oil cartel Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)+’s strategy is working, Bloomberg reports, and the massive oil tanks swarming the Caribbean islands are solid evidence of this. When Saudi Arabia decided to maintain the large cut in crude production in January, traders have been "draining
Efforts to advance renewable energy in the Eastern Caribbean got a big push forward last Wednesday, March 3, 2021, when over 200 people graduated from a training course on Photovoltaic Installation and System Inspection. This programme was the single largest training event in renewable energy in the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 8 March 2021 is Commonwealth Day, an annual marker that celebrates the union of Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific and Europe. In her annual Commonwealth Day speech, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has highlighted the importance of staying in touch
UN NEWS— More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030. Produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partner organization WRAP, the Food
Antigua and Barbuda, Curaçao added to list this week The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its list of travel recommendations, with a total of 17 Caribbean countries now included in the "very high" risk level for travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The
BVI Health Minister Carvin Malone has announced that vaccination centres across the territory will be temporarily closed as of March 4 as the territory waits to get the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines which has been pre-ordered. Malone said that the government is saving the remaining
