By James A. Parrott and Lina Moe A crisis, either personal or social, can clarify what tasks are important, what choices really matter, and what values are essential. That’s certainly true of the crisis New Yorkers face because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Because on the social and economic front, here’s a paramount challenge we clearly […]
Beautiful empty Long Bay Beach, with small boats, turquoise sea and white sugar sand, just before the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Caribbean 11.28.19 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders COVID-19 is destroying the prosperity that several Caribbean countries anticipated at the beginning of 2020. The growth projections by the Economic Commission […]
By Caribbean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday April 30, 2020 – St. Lucia will benefit from US$10.5 million activated from World Bank projects to support the country’s COVID-19 response. This financing will strengthen the island’s efforts to address the health and economic impacts of the pandemic. “The health and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 are placing a heavy […]
By Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Three members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was killed and two others injured in an explosion at army base this morning. The circumstances of the explosion that occurred around 9 a.m. at the Arms Store Complex at Camp Stephenson in Timehri, East Bank Demerara, are […]