Release - The holiday season is upon us, amidst what has been the most deadly pandemic in a century. Our Caribbean Community (CARICOM), like the rest of the world, has been battered and bruised by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. However, once again
The Caribbean island of The Bahamas has something up its sleeve that has likely made central banks from all over the world turn their heads and observe how it will go. Via a mobile application, Sand Dollar is a digital currency issued by the Central Bank
As top pharmaceutical companies begin releasing COVID-19 vaccines, countries around the world are clamoring to obtain them in substantial numbers as early as possible. The Pzifer vaccine has been approved in the UK, while the United Arab Emirates was the first country to confirm Chinese pharmaceutical
St George’s University (SGU) confirmed last Wednesday that a Grenadian-based contractor who has recently worked on their True Blue campus tested positive for COVID-19. In a release, SGU administration said that the person testing positive is a close contact of one of the individuals in the
UN News - An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said. “This is the
Almost no place has been spared — and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On
The American Airlines Cargo transported its first shipment of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to a U.S. territory in the Caribbean last Sunday. In a release, American Airlines Cargo President Jessica Tyler said they are proud of this milestone. “The American team is
CHTA Press Release – As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact global tourism, top Caribbean private sector tourism leaders are asserting that tourism is the region’s best hope for recovery and renewal and that the successful revival of the sector relies on its
UN News - The gap between wages paid to migrant and national workers is big and growing, and may widen further because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report published on Monday. The report, “The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants
Barbados GIS - The 15th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15) will now be held in Barbados from October 3 to 8, 2021, with pre-events starting from Friday, October 1. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the announcement today at
