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2021
CARICOM,” the incoming Chairman said in his just-released New Year Message.
“In the recovery phase, we must employ the same collective, coordinated and focussed actions that allowed us to control the spread of the virus,” the Chairman said.
“Chief among these is the discipline to maintain the protocols that help to avoid being contaminated. The less strain we put on the health systems will directly benefit the economic and financial situation,” he added.
The Caribbean Community has signed on to the COVAX Facility through which to access the COVID-19 vaccine and with it the possibility of relief from the health and socio-economic challenges posed by the pandemic. However, Dr Rowley remined that it will not be ‘an immediate panacea for the ills brought upon us by the virus’.
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The year 2020 has been memorable. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have overshadowed most of the year, it brought about positives which would not have happened otherwise.
The Church adapted; the domestic Church was promoted. Catholics learned that beyond the sacred space of church, faith can grow and still be grounded.
Faith, COVID protocols, virtual Masses
The spread of COVID-19 and its impact internationally led to discussion by the local Catholic Church which said it was taking cues from the local health authorities. Parishes were encouraged to be diligent in ensuring best practices related to hygiene (p.12,
It was an ordeal that could shake your faith in country, family and leaders.
It might leave you uncertain about your place in the world and unclear as to how fellow citizens dispense their empathy and to whom.
By the time Darren Tyson had made it back to his Central Trinidad home after nearly eight months in âexileâ in New York, USA, he felt disoriented, disconnected from his homeland and was battling a âbitternessâ he couldnât quite identify.
He was also left disturbed by the exemption process âwhich he described as âbizarreââand further claimed a person purporting to be from the Ministry of National Security had attempted to âhustleâ him following his application to re-enter the country in May.