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Widespread informality likely to slow recovery from COVID-19 in developing economies
A strikingly large percentage of workers and firms operate outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)—a challenge...
Indian doctors warn against using cow dung to cure COVID-19
Indian doctors have urged people not to cover themselves in cow dung and urine as a treatment for Covid, saying it risks spreading the...
Casual sex will be allowed in UK from May 17
Casual sex will be allowed again for the first time this year as part of the Government’s latest lifting of lockdown measures.
Single Britons have...
How Grenada is linked to the Bill and Melinda divorce
The Bill and Melinda divorce has been a done deal for months, TMZ has learned, and they had a plan to announce it back...
UK Issues Travel Advisory on Jamaica
Less than a week after Jamaica lifted its travel ban on the United Kingdom, Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FDCO) has advised its nationals against...
Trinidad Government Announces Further Measures to Deal with COVID Spike
The Trinidad and Tobago government on Friday announced a further “battering down” of the country to deal with the spike in COVID-19 cases.
Prime Minister...
BVI: New legislation offers OECS judges improved retirement packages
BVINEWS: Judges who serve on the bench of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) will now benefit from better retirement packages with the passage...
CDC sets rules for trial cruises with volunteer passengers
Cruise lines can soon begin trial voyages in US waters with volunteer passengers helping test whether the ships can sail safely during a pandemic.
The...
Health Minister says no mandatory vaccination for St. Lucia
St Lucia TIMES: Health and Wellness Minister, Mary Isaac, has been responding to the question of whether the government here will introduce mandatory COVID-19...
Trinidad and Tobago registers record number of COVID cases
Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday reported a record 399 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), as health officials reiterated their warnings that the country’s...
MOTHER’S DAY: Malian woman expecting 7 babies gives birth to 9
Happy Mother’s Day — times nine!
A 25-year-old mother who was expecting to give birth to an already jaw-dropping seven babies was shocked to find...
Hospitalizations and deaths of younger people soar due to COVID-19
Hospitalizations and deaths of younger people are surging as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates across the Americas, said Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan...