Press Release - The final phase of works on the Fish Bay Road Rehabilitation Project is underway as the Government of the Virgin Islands moves to mitigate flooding in the area. Deputy Premier and Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Kye M. Rymer said that this
The Government of Sint Maarten announced that the application process for the annual Hurricane Passes for the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season has started. According to the issued advisory, there will be two types of passes, the Disaster Pass and the Hurricane Pass. The pass allows the
Media Release - CARICOM Member States are poised to benefit from a fund to strengthen laboratory systems and networks, and human resources capacities in health sectors to accurately detect, characterize and treat infectious diseases. Financing for the project “Strengthening Health Systems in CARICOM to Address Infectious Diseases” is provided
Victims of the Saratoga hotel explosion in Cuba will receive their pensions as soon as possible, a local government agency has said. In a report by Jamaica Gleaner, general director Virgina Marlen Garcia Reyes of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Cuba said
Release - Head of Chronic Disease and Injury at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr Tamu Davidson, reported that even persons with mild symptoms due to an acute COVID-19 illness can be affected by long COVID. However, she revealed that recent studies have found that
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader and Minister of Tourism, David Collado, received the recognition granted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for ranking as the number one country in tourism recovery. Abinader said that the income generated by the tourism sector reached US$5,700 million. “When we came
Reuters - The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it. The 1 million mark is a stark reminder of
Press Release - The region’s advancement will take centre stage in Turks and Caicos on June 13 – 16, 2022 when the development community will gather in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of
Media Release - The Honorable Prime Minister of St. Maarten Silveria E. Jacobs and members of the Council of Ministers consisting of Minister of VROMI Egbert Doran, Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion, Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson, and Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and
St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Timothy Harris announced that he had asked the Governor-General, Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, to dissolve Parliament immediately. "The time for decision making is at hand. Accordingly, I have asked the Governor-General to dissolve the Parliament of St Kitts-Nevis effective today,
