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CDB opens call for Youth Spoken Word Contest
The Caribbean Development Bank is inviting youth between the ages of 10 to 29 years old to enter their spoken word competition with original entries focused on the subject of innovation in education. The competition comes ahead of the Bank’s Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors and the best entries will be featured at…
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Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of COVID-19 was set to be “far more deadly”, as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped. “We’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to…
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New taxi rates for tourism sector take effect today
CABINET NOTES: The Taxi Organizations’ representatives enquired about a rate change that has long been promised but has not materialized. The Cabinet gave the leaders the assurance that come May 15, 2021, those rate changes will apply. The leaders were very pleased with the assurances, and left the meeting satisfied that their interests have been…