Month: May 2021

PARIS, France (AFP) — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi and Britain’s GSK announced Thursday the start of final tests of their belated COVID vaccine as they race to add their jab to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic. […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The EU and Japan said Thursday they backed the holding of a “safe and secure” Olympic Games despite calls for the event to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We support the […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists have for the first time managed to partially restore the sight of a blind patient by altering his cells, according to the results of a groundbreaking study published on Monday. […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has described Guyana as a “valued member” of the regional integration movement and that it was looking forward to the country’s “continued contribution” to the development of […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders agreed Tuesday to donate at least 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations by the end of the year as supplies steadily rise across Europe. Gathered in Brussels […]

Grenada’s Prime Minister is high in praise for an initiative by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to increase the awareness of and deployment of renewable energy technology. Speaking at the recent launch of the […]

Grenada will test its readiness to transition to a digital economy in July, when disbursements under its uniform and elderly assistance programmes, will transition to a digital format. That announcement was made on Friday by […]

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Finance Minister Curtis Dickinson has said that residents feeling the pinch from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can withdraw up to US$6,000 from their pensions. Dickinson said that the decision to allow […]