In an effort to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and reduce the potential for transmission, the Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations, on the advice of the Ministry of Health, wishes to inform that ALL educational institutions on island will be closed from Monday, 16th March 2020 until 13th April 2020. This coincides with […]
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The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) announced in a Facebook post on Thursday afternoon that Carnival 2020 has been postponed in response to the rapid spreading of coronavirus COVID-19 around the world. The foundation did not say how long it would be delayed. The St. Maarten government took the decision to postpone Carnival 2020 […]
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Trinidad and Tobago is reporting its first confirmed imported case of novel coronavirus COVID-19. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh disclosed that a patient had tested positive for the virus this afternoon. The patient is a 52-year-old man. The man flew into the country from Switzerland on Monday and self-isolated even before he began experiencing symptoms, said […]
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With the rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus), LIAT has recognized that your travel plans may be affected. LIAT is therefore allowing passengers whose travel may be affected to make changes and cancellations. LIAT will waive the change and cancellation fees for passengers travelling between March 12th and June 30th, 2020. • The waiver […]
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The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has infected more than 121,000 people around the world and is present in more than 100 countries has become a pandemic. Until now, the W.H.O. had avoided using the term to describe the epidemic leapfrogging across the world, for fear of giving […]
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The training which took place 12-14 February 2020, was attended by four laboratory technologists from the Main New China Friendship Hospital in Roseau, Dominica. The three-day training was facilitated by Virologist, Dr Lionel Gresh. The main objectives of the training were to: • Implement the molecular diagnosis of the COVID-19 and train laboratory staff • […]
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A regional protocol establishing minimum standards for dealing with the COVID19 virus was agreed to by CARICOM Heads of Government and Ministers of Health at the 8th Special Emergency Meeting in Barbados on Sunday. The protocol is critical to avoid an outbreak of panic and fear in the Region. The meeting was attended by the Pan […]
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Article by OECS Sports Contributor Terry Finisterre The Commonwealth of Dominica has hopped, stepped, and jumped out to the forefront of the push for participation in the 2020 edition of the Olympic Games, with the republic’s top female triple jumper making the minimum standards for this year’s showcase. Turning 26 in April, Thea LaFond reset […]
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With Government moving full steam ahead with plans to make breathalyzer testing part of the law enforcement apparatus, the Royal Barbados Police Force is reporting readiness to implement the measure. This revelation was made by acting Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce who told reporters that his officers were now brought up to speed with regards […]
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Community governance, a fixed single CARICOM roaming rate and a unified regional approach were among the key highlights of Chair of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, when she addressed the opening of the Thirty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference in Barbados, earlier on 18 February […]
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