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Local
A long-term strategy to awaken the economy
April 25, 2020We have emphasized that the economy of Dominica was already weak and declining prior to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last article we discussed the need for ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Updates
COVID-19 Update: Friday, 24 April 2020
April 24, 2020Belize is about to return to a "phased, calibrated" resumption of business and economic activity.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Updates
PAHO urges countries to maintain vaccination during COVID-19 pandemic
April 24, 2020On the cusp of Vaccination Week in the Americas, countries need to take innovative safety measures to strengthen flu and measles vaccination to avoid an added burden of vaccine-preventable diseases
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The View from Europe
Balanced tourism recovery a key to future Caribbean growth
David JessopApril 24, 2020The challenge that is now facing almost every Caribbean nation is how best to recover the tourism economy without which future economic growth and sustainable tax revenues will be all ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Updates
COID-19 Updates: Thursday, 23 April 2020
April 23, 2020Barbados has recorded its sixth death related to COVID-19. The health ministry said the victim is a 70-year-old diabetic from another CARICOM country who resided in Barbados. He became infected ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Updates
Ten secrets of working at home during COVID-19
April 23, 2020"Home is where the heart is" but with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic currently sweeping the world, home has become, inadvertently, "where the office is".
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World
Multilateralism - necessary now more than ever
April 23, 2020On April 24, 2019, representatives from across the world celebrated the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace for the first time. The occasion took place in the emblematic ...
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Local
Goodbye, Teacher Francis Xavier Severin
April 23, 2020My father Francis Xavier Severin was born in La Plaine on December 8th 1934, to Felton and Agnes Severin. He was the last of six children. Raised in La Plaine, ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Updates
COVID-19 Updates: Wednesday, 22 April 2020
April 22, 2020After reporting over 20 new COVID-19 cases each day over the past five days or so, there was a drop in positive tests in Jamaica yesterday.
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Local
"BA BYE " to Ralph Magloire
April 22, 2020It is no easy task to summarize someone's life in just a few words, so we will try to give the most meaningful part of it.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Updates
COVID-19 Updates: Wednesday, 22nd
April 22, 2020Slight slowdown in new cases in Jamaica
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Local
What's your hobby?
April 22, 2020Facebook is one of the main mediums for befriending others today other than at school, work, church or other social occasions, but in days gone by, many would scan the ...