OECD warns COVID-19 could halve global growth – CARICOM Business News Michelle Nurse Mar 10, 2020 0 Please see the latest edition of the CARICOM Business newsletter which comprises information culled from news…
Women’s empowerment ‘essential to global progress’ says Guterres, marking… Michelle Nurse Mar 6, 2020 0 (United Nations) Women’s empowerment and gender equality are “essential to global progress”, United Nations…
UN Women, CDB, CARICOM launch national surveys on gender-based violence Michelle Nurse Mar 5, 2020 0 (Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) Approaching this year’s International Women’s Day, UN Women, the…
Action Committee on Food and Nutrition Security holds inception meeting Michelle Nurse Mar 4, 2020 0 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has established an Action Committee on Food and Nutrition Security which held its…
World Bank Group Announces Up to $12B Immediate Support for COVID-19 Country… Michelle Nurse Mar 4, 2020 0 (World Bank Press Release) As COVID-19 reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group is making available an…
OPINION: Be alert but stay calm . . . Best approach to dealing with Coronavirus Michelle Nurse Mar 3, 2020 0 (Barbados Today) The world is on full alert. We have never before seen this type of global response to a virus or…
CARPHA Upgrades the Risk of Transmission of Coronavirus in the Caribbean to… Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Feb 28, 2020 0 While there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Caribbean thus far, transmission of the virus has been…
Working Group established to concretise recommendations for a Regional Response to… Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Feb 26, 2020 0 CARICOM Ministers of Health held an emergency Meeting on the COVID-19 on Wednesday and agreed to the establishment…
At Stockholm road safety summit, UN officials join global call to end ‘scourge’ of… Michelle Nurse Feb 24, 2020 0 (United Nations News) Road traffic accidents take some 1.35 million lives every year and cost most countries three…