International Financial Institutions (IFIs) including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are now willing to reassess the policy of GDP per capita attached to concessionary development financing. “There is an urgency to rebuild. There is an urgency to rebuild better and an urgency to rebuild smarter, to…...
Hurricane recovery : Children to benefit from OECS-UNICEF “Return to Happiness Programme”
214 children from Barbuda received psycho social assistance, after the trauma of hurricane Irma, through the Return to Happiness Programme implemented from October 2-7 by 17 education specialists. The Saint-lucian elegation of volunteers, who successfully completed the first mission, will extend their operations to other affected countries. The passage of two category…...
Surviving a hurricane – cricketers share their experiences
Cricketers Shane Shillingford and Liam Sebastien (and Viv Richards) talk about living through Hurricane Maria in Dominica, and how cricket helped its own by NAGRAJ GOLLAPUDI | OCTOBER 16, 2017 On the evening of September 18, Shane Shillingford, the West Indies offspinner, was sitting in his living room with his wife and father,…...