WORLD BANK APPROVES 25 US MILLION DOLLARS FOR DOMINICA
The World Bank has approved 25 million US dollars for Dominica in an effort to further stimulate economic activity.
Dominica’s economy, like many other countries, was severely impacted as many sectors came to a standstill due to the ongoing covid-10 pandemic.
Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit explained that this funding will be used to bridge the financial gap created by the pandemic.
“The World Bank approved a concessional loan of US 25 million dollars or 67 million EC dollars for Dominica as budget support. As you know Dominica like every other country in the world has experienced financing challenges caused by Covid-19. Therefore it was necessary for us to mobilize additional funding to assist us in closing the financing gap,” PM Skerrit explained.
DCFH CONSTRUCTION WORK PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY
Dominica is steadily moving closer to having a fully functional state of the art modern hospital as construction work on the 40 million US dollar Dominica China Friendship Hospital (DCFH) continues.
The DCFH is being fully funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and is being built in seven phases.
Construction work began in August of 2016 with total completion date carded for 2022.
Phase one and phase three of the hospital has already been completed and are functional.
Phase one consisted of the construction of the emergency building which includes an Accident and Emergency Department and the Hospital Administrative and Management Offices.
Military suicides in COVID era hit a new high
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Mayra Beltran /Chronicle
Suicides across the armed services rose sharply in the first year of the coronavirus, hitting a record 571 deaths in 2020, but a Pentagon official and others say the stress of the pandemic isn’t the likely culprit.
Just what is behind the steady rise during years of Defense Department efforts to reduce self-inflicted deaths baffles experts, a mystery nowhere near being solved.
The latest mark, released in a report last week, was above the 503 suicides recorded in 2019 and the previous record of 543 set in 2018. It pushed the total since 2003 past the number of troops killed in action or accidents in Iran and Afghanistan, 7,038.