Month: February 2021

SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — A new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on employment and labour […]

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 vaccines soon to be available from the COVAX Facility are still recommended for the region, […]

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says while Latin America and Caribbean economies managed to bounce back from COVID-19’s initial economic devastation earlier in 2020, the pandemic’s resurgence towards the end […]

Grenada’s PM Dr.Keith Mitchell says he plans to present a proposal to the social partners, for the creation of a social fund that will be used to help the most vulnerable in our society. The […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — Fossil fuel pollution caused more than eight million premature deaths in 2018, accounting for nearly 20 per cent of adult mortality worldwide, researchers reported Tuesday. Half of that grim tally was split across […]

WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization (WHO) team has concluded, […]

Prime Minister, Dr the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is deeply saddened by the passing of his former colleague and longstanding parliamentary representative, Elvin Nimrod. Nimrod passed away on Saturday, 6 February 2021 in the United […]

My fellow Grenadians at home and in the diaspora, I bring you greetings on this, the 47th anniversary of our nation’s independence, at a time when our country is experiencing unprecedented challenges created by the ongoing […]