The Grenada government has reiterated its gratitude for all the assistance it has been receiving to combat COVID-19. Speaking during a recent presentation of funds to the Ministry of Health from CIBC FirstCaribbean, Minister of Health Hon. Nickolas Steele expressed government’s thanks to the many generous donors to the ministry. Minister Steele who was accompanied […]
The Commonwealth Secretary-General is urging governments to ensure their countries’ post-COVID economic recoveries are environmentally sustainable and safe for the ocean. Forty-seven of the Commonwealth’s 54 member countries have a coastline while 25 are either small island developing states or ‘big ocean states’ relying heavily on the ocean for food and income. On World Oceans Day (8 June), Secretary-General […]
We are pleased to share footage from the second public Digital Dialogue of the Caribbean Development Bank’s Resilience Series. Titled ‘Pivoting Your Business to Survive COVID-19: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Brand Development’ the digital dialogue took place on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Panellists discussed the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses and clients and shared strategies and solutions they have been […]
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Waking up to screams, thuds, angry shouting and the sickening sound of someone crashing into a wall, a table, a door. This is the cruel reality of many children and young people across our Commonwealth. As economies, institutions and social welfare sectors continue to buckle under the strain of the […]
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 3 June 2020. CCRIF is pleased to announce that its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries ahead of the upcoming 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, ceding over US$1 billion in risk to CCRIF and increasing overall coverage by […]
St. George’s: June 3, 2020: Government Information Service – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its High Commission in the UK, is pleased to announce that twenty-one (21) stranded nationals from the United Kingdom will arrive in Grenada this evening on LIAT. The repatriated nationals are part of a larger group of CARICOM nationals, who, […]
President of the Grenada Football Association (GFA) Cheney Joseph has written to the world governing body seeking assistance for smaller associations in these unprecedented times. In a letter written to Director of Member Association Véron Mosengo-Omba, Joseph called on FIFA to reach out to small associations such as the GFA to provide technical and professional […]
TRUE BLUE, Grenada, May 28, 2020 — Today, St. George’s University announced that it will provide students with the option to attend the August 2020 term via online distance learning. This allows students enrolled for the August term to participate in SGU’s virtual education program launched in March due to the global pandemic. The virtual […]
27th May, 2020, Grenada Red Cross Society receives a donation of $5000 USD to provide assistance to families under the food and care delivery component of the COVID-19 Operations. The 3-level tier operations provides for the acquisition of personal protective equipment (PPEs), provision of psychosocial care and the delivery of food and care items. Under the Global […]
