BY GERARD BEST PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. April 10, 2020—With many organisations now mandating that employees work from home amid concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, millions around the world are seeing major disruptions to their daily routines. In the Caribbean, governments, companies, schools and citizens are also looking for ways […]
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Grenada Gov’t Spares No Effort in Addressing Economic Fall Out from COVID-19 Pandemic
April 9, 2020 – The Government of Grenada is sparing no effort in addressing the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. This assurance from Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, as he hosted his most recent press conference, in which an extension of the […]
CICC Urges President Trump to Stop Threatening ICC
The Hague — The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) wrote to U.S. President Donald J. Trump to urge him to “lift all sanctions against the ICC Prosecutor and disavow the increasing threats against other ICC staff and their families made by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo” in […]
CCJ ISSUES NEW COVID-19 PRACTICE DIRECTIONS
In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic and the emergency situation in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Seat of the Court, and in the other jurisdictions of CARICOM, the Caribbean Court of Justice has issued a new Practice Direction. The Practice Direction which provides guidelines as […]
UN Security Council must act decisively to control the COVID-19 pandemic
THE HAGUE – The U.N. Security Council must take decisive action to address the causes and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) today. Almost five months after the first reports of the novel coronavirus were reported in China’s Wuhan Province […]
ALL GAS STATIONS WILL BE OPEN ON THURSDAY
ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 8, 2020: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE: The public is advised that all gas stations will be open on Thursday, April 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Motorists are required to obtain gas within their parish of residence. The regulation stipulates that only one vehicle per household will […]
Ministry of Agriculture formulates Mitigation and Response Plan amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Ministry of Agriculture & Lands – April 08, 2020 – The Ministry of Agriculture empathizes with the entire tri island state, as this country contends with the effects of COVID-19, and wishes to inform the public of the formation of its COVID-19 National Food Security Mitigation and Response Plan, geared at bringing […]
We should not go back to business as usual after COVID-19
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today there is an eerie silence across the globe. Bustling cities have gone quiet and highways that were once jammed with bumper to bumper traffic, are empty. In homes, thousands of families are anxiously awaiting a phone call from a hospital about their loved ones. […]
CCJ RULES THAT APPELLANTS CANNOT BYPASS THE COURT OF APPEAL
he Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that, in its appellate jurisdiction, it can only hear appeals from judgments delivered by the Court of Appeal. The Court’s judgment was handed down in Knox v Deane and others, a dispute that has a long history in the courts of Barbados. […]
Saturday Shopping Day, Not an Affront to any Religion
The Government of Grenada is assuring the population that the announcement of Saturday, April 11th as the next shopping day is not meant as an affront to any religion. COVID-19 Response Co-ordinator, Dr. George Mitchell explained that the decision is based purely on scientific modelling which puts the contacts of […]
Exercise can be good for you and your country especially during a crisis like COVID-19
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Public parks have been gated shut, beaches emptied and stadia deserted, as an unprecedented 2.5 billion people across the world are told to sit at home. Times are tough. The Coronavirus is real and as it spreads its tentacles across the globe it is taking […]
Extended Shopping Hours on Monday April 6, 2020
ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 5, 2020: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE: The Government of Grenada announces that on Monday April 6, 2020, all shops which sell groceries, grocery stores and supermarkets, will be opened across the Tri- Island from (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) Given the State of Emergency designed to protect citizens […]
PM Expresses Condolences on Passing of Ray Smith
April 4, 2020 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, has expressed deepest condolences on the passing of Raymond Smith who served his country in various capacities, including being part of Grenada’s interim administration in the 1980’s. An engineer by profession, Mr. Smith served for many years as […]
56th Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meeting
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held its fifty-sixth meeting by video conference on 31 March 2020. The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Raychelle Omamo SC, EGH, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya. Ministers and Representatives of Australia, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Malaysia, Namibia and the United Kingdom also participated […]
Follow Up With Relevant Law Enforcement Authorities Underway After Confirmed COVID-19 Case Leaves the Island
ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 1, 2020: GIS: Grenada’s Minister for Health says government is following up with the relevant law enforcement authorities after one of the cases confirmed last weekend, left Grenada on the same day the confirmation was announced, but before he got his results. During a statement issued on […]
