St. Maarten, the Netherlands reach accord
THE HAGUE St. Maarten and the Netherlands signed an accord on Tuesday with regard to the conditions for liquidity support, Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops announced.
Knops and St. Maarten Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs put their signature under the political agreement in a virtual setting around 10:00am St. Maarten time, 3:00pm Dutch time after several weeks of talks. St. Maarten was the last Dutch Caribbean country to reach an agreement with The Hague. Curaçao and Aruba already signed a deal on November 2 and 13 respectively.
The urgency is high because St. Maarten is in dire needs of liquidity so it can comply with its basic financial obligations. Under this agreement, St. Maarten will immediately receive NAf. 61.2 million (30.6 million euro) in liquidity support for the third tranche, covering the period July 1 until December 31. The agreement will also pave the way for future tranches.
Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster (left), cuts the ribbon to officially commission a new skid unit at the Santa Cruz Fire Station in St.Elizabeth. He is joined by Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford (right), who handed over the unit on Wednesday at the station (contributed photo)
The Santa Cruz fire station in St Elizabeth has received a new skid unit, which will enable firefighters to better respond to bush fires in sections of the parish. The unit, mounted on a pickup truck and equipped with a manual reel, a pump and a 125-gallon water tank, was handed over on Wednesday by Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Stewart Beckford.
Google is Celebrating Sir W Arthur Lewis today thecaribbeancamera.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecaribbeancamera.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Google Doodle honours Sir Arthur Lewis
Article by December 10, 2020
SOURCE: Loop News St Lucia – St Lucia’s Nobel Laureate, economist and professor Sir William Arthur Lewis is being celebrated by Google 41 years after he was awarded the Nobel Laureate Prize in economics.
Lewis was the first Black faculty member at the London School of Economics, the first Black person to hold a chair in a British university (at Manchester University), and the first Black instructor to receive full professorship at Princeton University.
According to Google, the Doodle which was illustrated by Manchester-based guest artist Camilla Ru, was created to mark this day in 1979 when Lewis was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his pioneering work to model the economic forces that impact developing countries.
Google Doodle of economist and Nobel laureate Sir Arthur Lewis makes the Caribbean proud · Global Voices globalvoices.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalvoices.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.