Thirty individuals from 26 communities received one-day training on Wednesday 13 January 2021 in conducting Initial Damage Assessments (IDA) in the aftermath of adverse events such as storms, earthquakes, landslides, fires and floods. The training was organized by the International... The post IOM Dominica: Training individuals & repairing emergency she […]
Parliamentary Representative for the Wesley Constituency, Fidel Grant is dismissing claims that the farmers in the Joe Burton area in Wesley have been unceremoniously displaced to facilitate the construction of an International Airport. The Minister made the announcement on Wednesday.... The post Wesley farmer says his cultivated land was bulldozed without c […]
By Ministry of Health (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, January 15, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of 32 new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 271 COVID-19 tests with 32 positives and 239 negatives. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 576. All of the cases […] The post Three-month-old among Saint Lucia’s 3 […]
Statement from the Minister of Education Hon. Dr. Gale T.C. Rigobert The Department of Education has noted the concerns expressed due to the number of reported positive cases of Covid-19. As Minister for Education, I have been in constant dialogue with the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar George and her team as well as […] The post Education minister […]
The World Health Organization's emergency committee called Friday for globally-ramped up coronavirus sequencing studies in order to combat troubling new variants stalking the globe.
A global coronavirus vaccine rollout suffered a major blow Friday as Pfizer said it would delay shipments of the jabs in the next three to four weeks due to works at its key plant in Belgium.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a "complete sham" early results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead.