For the first time in its history, the Youth Parliamentary debates, will be delivered via virtual sessions. Over the years, young people would gather at varying locations across the island, for the hosting of the discussions on a parish-based and national levels. However given the global pandemic, the Ministry of Youth Development, who spearheads the […]
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, June 16, 2020. CCRIF is pleased to announce that member countries of the Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN) will receive special benefits on CCRIF SPC parametric insurance policies for policy year 2020/21 as part of the Facility’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Canada is committed to remaining a strong partner for Caribbean countries in these uncertain times, and recognizes that the needs in the region are vast. Canada is providing assistance to help Grenada fight climate change through the establishment of the Canada-CARICOM Climate Adaptation Fund. The Canada-CARICOM Climate Adaptation Fund is valued at CAD $20M and will […]
Washington, D.C., June 11, 2020 (PAHO) — The Government of Canada has agreed to contribute 7.5 M Canadian dollars (about USD$5.3 million) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the response to COVID-19 in 23 countries of the Americas. The contribution will benefit a total of fifteen Caribbean countries – Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, […]
ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE (GIS): – Public health officials from the Ministry of Health (MOH) are expected to wrap-up their two-day batch screening process at the Port Louis Marina in St. George’s today. The (MOH) team which includes nurses, doctors and environmental health officers, began screening one hundred and […]
June 10, 2020 – More than 200 workers at the Royalton will be added to the list of Grenadians benefitting from Government’s COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, has confirmed that this decision was taken at this week’s Cabinet meeting. The stimulus package provides for […]
June 10, 2020 – The Government of Grenada is taking further steps to help safeguard the survivability of small hotels in Grenada, as they face the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Having made an additional $5 million dollars available through the Small Hotel Loan Facility at the Grenada Development Bank as part of the […]
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level international event on inequalities and the informal economy during and after the pandemic. (June 9, 2020) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that building back better in the region means building back with equality and […]
San Jose, 8 June (2020). The ministers and secretaries of Agriculture of 14 Caribbean countries learned about funding opportunities they will be able to access to implement recovery actions in the agriculture and rural sectors to address the impact of Covid-19. During a videoconference, representatives of financial institutions, development organizations and donors informed the ministers of […]
