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Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 February 2021 (PAHO/WHO) – Young to mid-career professionals from CARIFOURUM countries who are interested in Empowering Caribbean Action for Climate and Health, are invited to apply to the first cohort of the Climate Change and Health Leaders training fellowship program. Applicants should be between 25 to 45 years and preferably be currently employed in the public health, health care, agricultural health or ecosystem (environmental) health sectors and have experience working in climate science. They should be a resident of one of the project countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,…

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Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Camillo Gonsalves has announced government’s intention to pass legislation to allow for a one percent to be charged at the Customs department, the proceeds of which will go towards funding operations of a number of regional organizations. Gonsalves made the announcement as he presented the 2021 budget to parliament on Monday amid threats of natural disasters and health challenges facing the nation. Gonsalves spoke of the importance of these regional bodies to the individual nation states. “Challenges that we face today have highlighted the indispensable role played by a number of regional organizations in…

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Delinquency in financial payments by governments of the region continue to impact on the ability of important regional agencies and organizations to function efficiently and at capacity. Word on this has come from Minister of Finance and Economic Development Camillo Gonsalves. In his presentation of the 2021 budget to parliament on Monday, Gonsalves highlighted the critical importance of certain regional bodies to the functioning of governments and the support to, and effectiveness of, programmes including those relating to health and security. Among the regional organizations named by the finance minister were: the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan-American Health…

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID- 19 vaccines. St. Vincent and The Grenadines’allocation is for 45,600 indicative doses of AstraZeneca. This means that St. Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine(s) over the coming few weeks. The vaccines are the first of the assigned doses to satisfy COVAX’s agreement with this country. The COVAX facility has advised that vaccines will be delivered effective mid to late February with 357, 600 doses of the AstraZeneca AZD1222…

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On 31.1.2021, Police arrested and charged Fred George, a 57 years old labourer of Prospect with entering the dwelling house of a 54 years old caretaker of Brighton as a trespasser, and at the time, had with him a weapon of offence namely, a cutlass. George was further charged with allegedly unlawfully and maliciously wounding the said caretaker by chopping him on his left index finger with a cutlass. The incident occurred at Brighton on 25.01.2021. The Accused appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on 2.02.2021 to answer the charges.

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Additional reflectors for the Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) target were installed today, bringing the total number of reflectors installed to nine (9). These reflectors will be used to assist with measurements of deformation associated with the flanks of the volcano.Some gas measurements were done today using a Multi-Gas Instrument and a filter pack. The Multi-Gas measurements were successful. These gas measurements will be used to understand what is happening deep within the volcano as gases are coming to the surface faster than magma. This can be used as an early warning system.The Team also spent some time trying to focus…

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Tuesday announced that her Indian counterpart has agreed to give Barbados 100,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. In an address to the nation on the eve of a February 3-17 lockdown, she said the logistics were being worked out to get the vaccines here “in short order”, but did not give a specific timeline. Mottley said she had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi approximately two weeks ago, “indicating that our country was facing a peculiarly difficult moment and that we would wish to have both the donation and purchase of vaccines…

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton says the government has been advised by the COVAX facility that the country is set to receive between 146,400 and up to 249,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines by mid to late February. The minister said this means that some 125,000 Jamaicans could receive vaccines by the end of February into March. He said among those to receive vaccines are frontline workers (nurses and doctors) and vulnerable people (primarily those 60 years and older). Dr Tufton was speaking during today’s sitting of the House of Representatives. He noted that…

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily. Monday, 1st February 2021 – Layou, Richmond, Stubbs, Lodge Village, Old Montrose, Hadley’s Village, South Union & South Rivers Tuesday, 2nd February 2021 – Layou, Chateaubelair, Carapan, Victoria Village, Old Montrose, Spring, South Union & South Rivers Wednesday, 3rd February 2021 – Barrouallie, Chateaubelair, Calder, Calder Ridge, Kingstown Park, North Union &…

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The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) handed over 1,089 boxes of donated goods from SimplyHelp Foundation to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines handed over a 40-foot container of donated goods from the SimplyHelp Foundation to the people and the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on February 1, 2021, through the Ministry of National Mobilisation. As the two countries continue to share closer relation, the Embassy has collaborated with…

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