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The CCCCC and the UNFCCC Secretariat Deepen Climate Change Cooperation
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the United Nations Framework on the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have signed a Memorandum of...
Royal Caribbean to Begin Sailing Again in June With Fully-Vaccinated Guests and Crew
Royal Caribbean plans to set sail again this summer after a year at anchor.
On Friday, the cruise line announced a new lineup of summer...
JAMAICA: Police Body-Worn Cameras Being Rolled Out
Body-worn camera systems are now being rolled out for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
A body-worn camera is a wearable audio, video, or...
Celac Supports Caricom Call For Global Vaccine Summit
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the support of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for its call for a global summit to address...
Central Bank digital currency set for public roll-out at month end
The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy N. J. Antoine says the public roll-out of DCash, the ECCB’s digital currency will...
8 Americans arrested, charged and fined for breaching quarantine in Nevis
A strong no-nonsense message was sent when eight (8) American citizens were arrested, formally charged, and fined for breaching their quarantine conditions on the...
World Bank Approves US$25 Million Credit for Dominica’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today the US$25 million First COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Credit.
This is Dominica’s first World...
Next week many Caribbean states will start to see the first COVAX shipments -PAHO
Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines are picking up speed across the Americas as more countries prepare for the imminent arrival of doses procured through COVAX,...
British and French PMs say they will personally get AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would get the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shot very soon, voicing his confidence in a vaccine that...
Spain will experiment with four-day workweek, a first for Europe
Washington Post: By
Antonia Noori Farzan
March 15, 2021 at 10:40 a.m. EST
For years, advocates for a four-day workweek have argued that a compressed schedule could lead to...
The UWI Open Campus Hosts Annual Council Meeting Online
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus 2021 Council Meeting will be hosted online. This is the second consecutive year that...
Moderna starts COVID vaccine trials in children under 12
Moderna has begun dosing patients in a mid-to-late stage study of its COVID-19 vaccine in children aged six months to less than 12 years,...
Martinique suspends AstraZeneca vaccine campaign
Martinique has temporarily suspended using the AtraZeneca vaccine, local reports say.
However the decision will not affect centres that administer the Pfizer vaccine.
According to Martinique 1ere, so...