Pause on Making Loan Payments Has Improved Credit

Pause on Making Loan Payments Has Improved Credit

By Kery Murakami, Inside Higher Ed The pause on making student loan payments passed by Congress and extended through the end of the year has thus far helped improve the credit ratings of borrowers, according to a study released today by the Urban Institute’s Center on Education Data and Policy. To compare the impacts of […]

OECS engages stakeholders in Coastal Planning

OECS engages stakeholders in Coastal Planning

By St. Lucia First Key stakeholders of marine-based industries and services are being urged to participate in the upcoming round of stakeholder consultations in the process of developing marine spatial plans and coastal master plans in five OECS Member States. A key component of the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP), is Coastal and Marine Spatial […]

Cruise ship ban extends to end of October

Cruise ship ban extends to end of October

The Centre for Disease Control, the CDC has officially extended the cruise ship ban through the end of October. The previous ban ran through September 30, and there were rumors that the CDC wanted to extend the ban into the first quarter of 2021. However, the extension through the end of October leaves room to hope that […]

SLDB to receive 5.75M Euros for on-lending to SMEs

SLDB to receive 5.75M Euros for on-lending to SMEs

Photo Credit: St. Lucia First By St. Lucia First Parliament has authorised the Minister of Finance to guarantee a loan from the European Investment Bank on behalf of the St. Lucia Development Bank.  The loan of 5.75 million Euros will be disbursed through the SLDB to assist small, micro and medium size enterprises struggling as […]

Federal District Court Rules on Behalf of Immigrant Youth

Federal District Court Rules on Behalf of Immigrant Youth

Seattle, WA – U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik entered a final judgment on behalf of a class of immigrant youth in Washington State who have applied for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) visas, finding that the federal government’s policies unlawfully impeded their right to the immigration visas and also failed to comply with the statutory timelines created […]

Biden to Haitian-American voters: You can help decide the next U.S. president

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stops in Little Haiti to speak to Haitian-American leaders and ask for support on Nov. 3 as he seeks the U.S. presidency against President Donald Trump.

Biden to Haitian-American voters: You can help decide the next U.S. president

Former Vice President Joe Biden kicks off his 2020 campaign for the US presidential election at a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. – Philadelphia, PA / USA – May 18, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald The sounds and culture of Haiti served as a colorful backdrop for former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee […]