Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The world has changed in the last two years. Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face the massive challenge of rebuilding post-pandemic economies. But one thing is certain: Women in the region were hit the hardest during the COVID-19...
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America, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Uruguay
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Supporting thegovernment’s new rescue package, Malta businesses have agreed to pay a minimum of €400 per month payment for each employee, guaranteeing Malta’s workforce a wage of €1,200 during the crisis.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Malta has the second-lowest expenditure on social protection among European member states, a Eurostat survey on EU government spending has found. Social protection spending covers government expenditure on sickness and disability, old age, survivors,...
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Granger announcement Wednesday night at a 2020 general election campaign of his A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) at Anna Regina, a town on the Essequibo Coast. “We don’t want to put oil money into the hands of rich...
Sunday, December 8, 2019
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) has described Latin America and the Caribbean as “a laboratory for climate action,” as world leaders gather in Madrid, Spain for the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25).
But it is...
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America, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Poblaciones en riesgo en toda Guyana serán tratadas contra la filariasis linfática durante noviembre en un intento por eliminar la enfermedad como un problema de salud pública. El Ministerio de Salud Pública, en colaboración con la Organización...
Monday, October 7, 2019
BLOG: The topic of direct cash transfers to Guyanese households, paid for by projected oil revenues, has been in the news over the past few weeks, and seems set to become an issue on the Guyanese elections campaign trail. Will the presidential...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
“The Buxton Proposal” is named after comments Professor Clive Thomas made last year that ignited a debate about how best to distribute the oil wealth Guyana will reap in the next decade. The coalition government has been lukewarm to the idea...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
The 30th Meeting of the Heads of CARICOM Social Security Organisations opened on Tuesday at the Guyana Marriott, with a call from Minister of Education, Dr. Nicolette Henry, for Social Security Schemes to remain relevant by modernising their operations...
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Over three-quarters of the €1.7 billion budget for social protection in 2016 was spent on old age and health benefits, according to a comprehensive publication released on Wednesday by the National Statistics Office.
The budget increase by €70.3...