Director of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa Etienne has commended the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica for the measures it has undertaken to curb COVID-19. "I probably have not sufficiently complimented Dominica on the work that is has done so far in addressing
Following the British government's strict enforcement of its coronavirus countermeasures, the British Airways Holidays decided to withdraw its package deals to the Caribbean and other parts of the world this Friday. Last Sunday, the holiday booking arm of Britain's flag carrier was still keeping this offer
UN NEWS—The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “tipping point” in the fight against COVID-19, amid surging cases in Europe and the fresh challenge of a mutating virus. “We were prepared for a challenging start to 2021 and it has been just that”, Dr.
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
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
Chair calls economic situation a "metaphorical bloodbath" In spite of the influx of financial aids coming from the world's biggest monetary organisations and the restart of the world's economy following the lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expects a
UN NEWS—More than 32 million of the world’s poorest people face being pulled back into extreme poverty because of COVID-19, leading UN economists said on Thursday, highlighting data showing that the pandemic is likely to cause the worst economic crisis in decades among least developed
AP News — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. “That probably isn’t a big shock,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, told
Cuban authorities evicted a group of dissident artists, academics, journalists, and activists on Thursday in a bid to disperse and end a hunger strike protest against restrictions on civil liberties. Authorities told Reuters that they had to step in because of the protesters' failure to observe
