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CDB – IDB signs US$50 million loan for COVID-19 response in the OECS idb-oecs

CDB – IDB signs US$50 million loan for COVID-19 response in the OECS

Caribnews December 22, 2020

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Monday, signed...

African Development Bank’s board of directors approves the bank’s borrowing program for 2021 african-development-bank

African Development Bank’s board of directors approves the bank’s borrowing program for 2021

Caribnews December 21, 2020

COTE D’LVOIRE, West Africa – The 2021 borrowing program of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has been...

Aviation industry call on governments to consider employees essential for vaccination

Caribnews December 21, 2020

MIAMI, USA – The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA),...

Increasing tensions in the Central African Republic un_africa

Increasing tensions in the Central African Republic

Caribnews December 21, 2020

NEW YORK, USA – The following statement is attributable to the spokesperson for the secretary-general on the...

What is really new in Fintech imf_fintech

What is really new in Fintech

Caribnews December 21, 2020

By Arnoud Boot, Peter Hoffmann, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski The financial industry is undergoing rapid technological change. Traditional banks face competition...

World Bank supports Guatemala’s response to laying the foundations for a sustainable, inclusive recovery

Caribnews December 21, 2020

WASHINGTON, USA – The World Bank board of executive directors approved today a Development Policy Loan (DPL) in...

Jamaica: National Housing Trust to invest $123 billion on affordable housing aubyn_hill

Jamaica: National Housing Trust to invest $123 billion on affordable housing

Caribnews December 21, 2020

By Alecia Smith KINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – The National Housing Trust (NHT) is projected to spend $58 billion...

COVID-19 is a threat to peacebuilding in conflict-affected nations covid_ilo

COVID-19 is a threat to peacebuilding in conflict-affected nations

Caribnews December 20, 2020

GENEVA, Switzerland, (ILO News) – The ongoing COVID-19 crisis uniquely complicates peace and reconstruction efforts in conflict-affected...

St Kitts – Nevis expands diplomatic relation and visa waivers st-kitts_passport

St Kitts – Nevis expands diplomatic relation and visa waivers

Caribnews December 20, 2020

By Caribbean News Global contributor BASSETERRE, St Kitts – St Kitts and Nevis established new diplomatic relations...

UK enters Tier 4 (COVID-19) restrictions boris_johnson

UK enters Tier 4 (COVID-19) restrictions

Caribnews December 20, 2020

By Caribbean News Global LONDON, England – Four days into Tier 3 (COVID-19) restrictions, prime minister Boris...