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By Alison Kentish Guest Contributor UNITED NATIONS, New York (Thursday, December 17, 2020) IPS — On December 2, Gabriel Arias, 42, left a Washington Heights, New York, money transfer agency, after sending money home to the Dominican Republic. For the ...

“Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 will be one of the largest mass undertakings in human history, and we will need to move as quickly as the vaccines can be produced,” says Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. By Thalif Deen Guest ...

By Kate Chappell Guest Contributor KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, December 17, 2020) IPS — In Jamaica, school playgrounds are deserted, filled only with phantom shrieks of delight. Blackboards remain devoid of arithmetic and uniforms hang wrinkle-free in closets. When the first ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — With the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic expected to spill over into the new year, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis has taken the proactive decision to extend nine of the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, has reiterated that moral and ethical global leadership is most urgently needed, which can make a real difference in the lives of people. Mottley expressed this view, on ...

ST. JAMES, Jamaica (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that the western parishes — St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover — are helping to drive the uptick in the cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (Thursday, December 17, 2020) – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved, today, the US$25 million Grenada COVID-19 Crisis Response and Fiscal Management Development Policy Credit. This quick-disbursing financing will support the country’s efforts to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — The government will be strengthening the laws to address investment fraud, as the lack of such legislation has impeded prosecution of the largest Ponzi scheme operators in the country, disclosed Attorney General and ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — Attorney-General, Dale Marshall, has promised to continue the Mia Mottley-led government’s efforts to fight against corruption. Marshall, who is also the island-nation’s Minister of Legal Affairs, gave this commitment, recently, during a virtual ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, December 17, 2020) — First Lady, Arya Ali, last evening, advocated for more women in business, and called on the wider society to support them. The First Lady made this statement in her feature address at the ...