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Camillo Gonsalves

Thousands lose jobs due to COVID in SVG – CARICOM Business

Staff Writer Feb 1, 2021

COVID-19 has resulted in the closure of 420 businesses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), leading to a loss of 2,754 jobs across all sectors between March and December 2020. According to Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves, “there…
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Barbados PM Offers Solution to COVID-19 Economic Fallout

Michelle Nurse Sep 11, 2020

(Barbados Today) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is calling for the formation of a Caribbean Liquidity and Resilience Facility for small to medium size countries in the wake of the COVID-19 economic fallout. Declaring that the…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines Government says no to recreational marijuana use

Michelle Nurse Feb 9, 2018 0

Even though the Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration is exploring its options in the production of marijuana for medicinal purposes, it is not currently prepared to legalize ‘weed’ for recreational purposes. “Unregulated…
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