CDB to provide US$3M for equipment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Michelle Nurse Apr 7, 2020 “With the disruption of supply chains, increased demand, and soaring prices, the Caribbean Development Bank will!-->…
OPINION – COVID-19 Upending the Sustainable Development Goals: It Need Not Michelle Nurse Apr 7, 2020 (GOFAD) The devastating trends of COVID 19 continue. Judging from the experiences in Italy, Spain, and in USA,!-->…
CDB supports Relief Measures for Drought-Hit Farmers in Belize Michelle Nurse Apr 6, 2020 (Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) - Sugarcane farmers in northern Belize, hard hit by one of the!-->…
IICA establishes Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas Michelle Nurse Apr 3, 2020 0 The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established a Food Security Advisory Council…
Five Ways That COVID-19 Has Changed What Food Insecurity Looks Like In The… Michelle Nurse Apr 2, 2020 0 (Forbes) Caribbean countries are familiar with the risk that comes with a lack of food sovereignty. It has long…
Protecting the Caribbean’s most vulnerable people in face of COVID-19 Michelle Nurse Apr 2, 2020 0 A UN Resident Coordinator blog (United Nations News) The United Nations is working closely with governments…
More COVID-19 recoveries, deaths in CARICOM Member States Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Apr 1, 2020 0 Several CARICOM Member States are recording more deaths from the COVID-19 global pandemic. While some patients who…
St. Kitts-Nevis Moves Into Complete Lock-Down For Three Days Michelle Nurse Mar 31, 2020 0 Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 31, 2020 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has (ramped) up its measures…
OPINION – Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic Michelle Nurse Mar 31, 2020 0 Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary (Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean)…