Despite the debilitating economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said there is still some time before Antigua and Barbuda would need financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Browne, who also serves as the nation’s finance minister, told Observer that while...
The British Virgin Islands government is investigating claims that private companies are terminating employees who have opted not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Andrew Fahie said while he is a staunch advocate of the vaccination process, he is mindful of the fact that people have...
The St Lucia government has announced several amendments to the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Regulation including allowing for returning nationals and visitors with a negative PCR test and who are fully vaccinated not to be quarantined. The government says that the measures go into effect from...
The Director of Education has assured that ministry officials will be conducting a thorough investigation into a report that an eight-year-old Parham Primary School student suffered serious injuries due to a thrashing she received at the hands of a male teacher on Friday. This is the...
A leading local medical expert is urging the public to take their health “more seriously”. Dr Georgette Meade – cardiologist and president of the Heart & Stroke Foundation – was speaking in honour of World Metrology Day marked last week under the theme ‘measurement for health’. Dr...