More than 33 countries, territories, and regional organizations participated in what was called the First Extraordinary Meeting of Health and Foreign Ministers of the ACS to address the danger that COVID-19 represents mainly for the Caribbean. The Health and Foreign Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) held Tuesday the first extraordinary meeting of […]
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the summer Olympics, set for Tokyo, will be postponed after reaching an agreement with the International Olympic Committee. “The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the […]
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As the Government of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) intensifies its response to the global pandemic, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all airports and seaports in the Territory of the Virgin Islands will be closed to inbound passengers for 14 days, effective 11:59 pm, Sunday, March 22, 2020. Internally, all non-essential gatherings of 20 persons or more […]
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Fellow citizens, the pandemic, Covid-19 has resulted in a global crisis that is unlike any we have seen in our lifetime. Over 250,000 people worldwide, have so far contracted Covid-19. We are thankful thus far, that no case of the virus has yet been confirmed here in the tri-island State of Grenada. Nevertheless, we know […]
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Implemented by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, through its Social Development Unit, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Governments of seven OECS Member States, the Family Law Reform Project aims to increase the capacity of the judicial and legal system by providing laws which make fundamental shifts […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic has confirmed that Barbados recorded its first two cases of COVID-19. Here is the full text of his statement: Today I am advising the public that Barbados has recorded its first two cases of COVID-19. The patients are a 48-year-old visitor who arrived in Barbados on March 13th from […]
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All schools in the country will close as of Monday, education officials have just announced. The closures are in direct response to the COVID-19 outbreak as the Ministry of Education seeks to mitigate the impact of its spread. According to a release issued moments ago, all educational institutions – both public and private – in […]
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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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