Paris, 20 April—Half of the total number of learners – some 826 million students – kept out of the classroom by the COVID-19 pandemic, do not have access to a household computer and 43% (706 million) have no internet at home, at a time when digitally-based distance learning is used […]
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Another suspected COVID-19 Case in Grenada
Minister of Health Nickolas Steele has announced that a Grenadian with no travel history or contact with any know COVID-19 Positive is exhibiting COVID-19 Symptoms and is been tested. The following is a statement by the Health Minister Nicholas Steele: Fellow Grenadians, good afternoon. Today, Monday, April 20th, I inform […]
Coronavirus and climate disasters – Small vulnerable countries face dual threats
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General The widespread destruction wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Harold in several Pacific countries just days ago has been nothing short of heart-breaking. At least 32 people have died, while more than 45,000 men, women and children in Vanuatu’s hardest-hit province, Sanma, are now homeless. In Tonga, […]
Gender equality, critical to national development in a post-COVID Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – 16 April, 2020 (TTO): The Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL), wishes to congratulate the government of Trinidad and Tobago on their strategic response to the COVID-19 crisis. Women are largely at the forefront in the respond to COVID-19, as those caring for the […]
NDC Reaction to Tobias Clement appointment as opposition leader
The NDC has been getting some queries on how the appointment of Hon. Tobias Clement as Leader of the Opposition affects us. So we thought we’d clear it up. The office of Leader of the Opposition is very different from that of Leader of the Opposition Party. One is a […]
PM Keith Mitchell Seeking Parliament Approval COVID-19 Stimulus
My friends, tomorrow, I will be seeking parliamentary approval for Government’s COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package during a special sitting of the House of Representatives. As you are aware, the stimulus package seeks to mitigate economic fallout from the global pandemic through 14 measures. My parliamentary colleagues will have an opportunity […]
Statement By The CCJ President on the Court’s 15th Anniversary
Today, 16 April 2020, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) marks 15 years of serving the region. Admittedly, while our current global environment is a sombre one as we fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, we feel it necessary to acknowledge this milestone and the work of all the employees from […]
WIPA Expresses Condolences at Passing of Dr Rickert Allen
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association’s (WIPA) executive and staff extends their heartfelt sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr Rickert Allen who recently passed away. Dr Allen was chairman of WIPA’s Human Resources (HR) Committee for five (5) years and was Senior General Manager, Group […]
Limited hours of Banking in Grenada
Fellow Grenadians, I have heard your cries for access to banking services and today, I secured a commitment from the Grenada Bankers Association to re-open banks to provide limited services to the public during the current State of Emergency. At today’s meeting which I initiated with the executive members of […]
Statement by Prime Minister Dr. the Rt Hon. Keith Mitchell
St. George’s, April 11, 2020 – Fellow Grenadians, I urge you to remember that the borders of our country remain closed to all internal and external travel, except as provided for in the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Regulations. Although cultural norms and practices allow for seamless travel between our sister islands […]
Carib NOG and ARIN launch “COVID-19 and the Caribbean Internet” webinar series
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 […]
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 […]
