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The scale of economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that Jamaica’s social safety net needs to be widened and deepened, sociologist Dr Orville Taylor has asserted. The preliminary findings of a recent study conducted by UNICEF...
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THE CENTRAL Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says the coronavirus has affected all aspects... The post Gloomy picture for Trinidad and Tobago’s economy appeared first on Voice Online.
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The Stars Aren’t Aligning: How Each Sign Is Romantically Misunderstood
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`The truth hurts’ – Mottley says in reply to Guyanese critics
“…we must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine that he should invalidate 1 vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the Guyana Elections Commission in the presence of the political
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President Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to transparency and accountability in managing the economy while recognising the role of the private sector as a partner in
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CARICOM mourns passing of Miles Stoby
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Pandemic will shrink region’s GDP by at least 3 - 4%
With Latin America and the Caribbean facing the COVID-19 pandemic “from a weaker position than the rest of the world” there is, as yet, no telling what the pandemic’s economic impact on the region is likely to be at this stage, according to a recent assessment undertaken by the Economic Commission
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New IDB President optimistic on Guyana’s growth prospects - Stabroek News
In his belief that Guyana can be a model developed economy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the next five to ten years, newly-elected Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Mauricio Claver-Carone says that he will do all possible during his tenure to facilitate achieving those goals
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Caribbean countries call for fair access to non-market finance
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Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO
Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent
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COVID tapers oil-driven economic growth
Due to the COVID-19 impact globally, especially on the oil market, Guyana’s projected 2020 growth rate has been revised from 87% to 57%, Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr Gobind Ganga said on Friday, while also confirming that the non-oil sector is headed to negative
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UK gives US$3.8m for COVID-19 response in Caribbean
THE United Kingdom has agreed to contribute three million pounds (US$3.8m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines – contain the spread of
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Bermuda's City Of Hamilton To Host The 40th Annual Conference Of Black Mayors
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