#BIDAcademy Offers Development Learning Hub for Latin American and the Caribbean
By: The Inter-American Development Bank March 19, 2021 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched its new centralized development knowledge hub, #BIDAcademy, which digitally aggregates the IDB Group’s knowledge base…
EDITORIAL: What to make of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine?
We reported in one of our earlier editorials that the AstraZeneca vaccine was having issues in South Africa with combating their variant of the COVID-19. But this apparently is not…
VIDEO: Devotions led by Rev’d Chitan Thompson.
Daily Devotionals led by the Reverend Chitan Thompson, assistant curate of Christ Church Cathedral, New Providence, Bahamas.
A Bahamian fashion designer’s brand is “expanding”- everything takes time!
By: Staff Writer March 16, 2021 A Bahamian fashion designer says that her brand is expanding and that the Caribbean market is “bigger than we realize.” Indira Moss, owner/operator of…
Antigua PM writes UK PM for recompense for damage
March 16, 2021 Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has written to Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying that “an appropriate response is necessary” for the damage done to…
New Haitian film to tell Taino and African history in the Caribbean
March 16, 2021 Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer, Jonas Nosile, invites the Haitian and Caribbean community to bring to life The Ransom. This new film dramatizes a difficult and tumultuous journey of human…
Number of migrant children in U.S. border facilities soars amid growing crisis
By: Reuters March 16, 2021 More than 3,600 migrant children were being held in U.S. border facilities as of Thursday morning, a U.S. official told Reuters, more than four times…
COMMENTARY: Export of Services – The next frontier for Caribbean Business
By: Deodat Maharaj March 16, 2021 Caribbean economies have largely been primary producers with a focus on commodities for much of our history. Diversification has been a constant in our…
REGIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS TO BENEFIT FROM CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV COURSE
March 16, 2021 The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, is facilitating…
IDB supports Belize’s health sector in ensuring timely COVID-19 vaccine accessibility
March 16, 2021 A $2.8m INVESTMENT LOAN AND A $2.1 MILLION CREDIT GUARANTEE FOR INVESTMENT PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE REDUCTION OF THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CAUSED BY COVID-19 AND…
Belize: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2020 Article IV Mission
By: The International Monetary Fund March 16, 2021 An International Monetary Fund team led by Jaime Guajardo conducted discussions for the 2020 Article IV consultation with Belize between February 24…