Parliamentarian Patricia Etnel (NPS) believes that despite the country’s poor economic situation, the government should start providing the COVID support. “There must be more rise, we have promised people that they will receive […]
All eyes are on the COVID-19 relief plan currently being worked out in Congress, but worker advocates are paying particular attention to one part of it—the proposed new federal minimum wage. That dollar […]
Santo Domingo.- The Anticorruption Prosecutor (Pepca) on Tue. announced it will investigate the complaint of ballooned prices in the purchase of syringes in the Ministry of Public Health. Prosecutors aim to determine […]
Glasses clink. A bartender shakes a drink behind the bar while someone slices up limes. Upbeat bluesy music wafts across a room full of muffled voices. I’m not describing an actual bar […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister expressed confidence today that the electorate recognizes the leadership it has with the Minnis administration and Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. Speaking to […]
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the present state of COVID-19 hospitalisations have become alarming with 13 of the 22 hospitals across Jamaica at red alert. Tufton explains that this […]
With the arrival of 768,000 doses of Coronavirus vaccines from China, expected to arrive today on Dominican soil, the country will have received 818,000 injections in eight days. The vaccines, produced by […]
The schools at a higher level may be opened. Instructions have already been given to the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (MinOWC) to start mobilization for the restart at all levels of […]
The Government has crafted a lean Budget for the upcoming fiscal year, focusing on an ambitious vaccination programme and jobs as linchpins to spark economic recovery. Both the recurrent and capital budgets […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Abaco Chamber of Commerce President Ken Hutton said yesterday that the organization plans to “lobby very hard” for Hurricane Dorian tax breaks to be extended beyond June 30, telling Eyewitness […]
