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Remote workers tap scheme to see out Covid-19 pandemic in Caribbean 7 Feb, 2021 12:50 AM 5 minutes to read Barbados's remote-working visa is open to applicants earning US$50,000 or more a year from an employer based outside the country. Photo / 123RF Barbados's remote-working visa is open to applicants earning US$50,000 or more a year from an employer based outside the country. Photo / 123RF Financial Times By: Michael Stott Working from home during a pandemic can be tedious. Businessman Chris Docherty has no such complaints after he swapped rainy south-west England for the sun-kisse...

Home Lower-income countries fall behind in race for vaccines Lower-income countries fall behind in race for vaccines Dose shortages risk prolonging pandemic for years, experts warn World Economy News 20 Jan 2021 • 4 min read Inadequate supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for lower-income countries mean it could take years to inoculate some parts of the world, undermining global efforts to end the pandemic. Desperate to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19, high-income nations, home to about 1bn people, have secured 4.2bn doses, approxima...

June 27, 1935 – January 4, 2021 Sunday, January 17, 2021 Leland Keith Wood, Certified Crime Prevention Specialist, age 85, received his angel wings and went home to our Lord on January 4, 2021. His wife Jean and granddaughter Lillian were with him. Leland was born in Mountainair, New Mexico, to Howard P. Wood and Nola Marie Wheeler Wood June 27, 1935, the second of four children. He was raised from the age of twelve by his Uncle Arthur and Aunt Flossie Wheeler near Whitesboro, Texas, with a strong Christian upbringing in the Presbyterian faith. In 1954 Leland graduated from Whitesboro H.S. ...

2021 forecast: Will the stock market go up? Will Biden be a lame-duck president? 30 Dec, 2020 11:00 PM 13 minutes to read Incoming US President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he takes over the reins from Donald Trump. Photo / File Incoming US President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he takes over the reins from Donald Trump. Photo / File Financial Times A global pandemic was not on FT forecasters' radar screen — or anyone else's — one year ago. But it proved, tragically, the defining event of 2020, and will dominate 2021. By pushing the US into recession and se...

What’s new? After years of political turmoil, elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly ended in a predictable victory for President Nicolás Maduro. Mainstream opposition parties boycotted the poll and, alongside the U.S. and Latin American and European countries, accuse the government of rigging the elections. Why does it matter? Elimination of the opposition majority in parliament will greatly complicate efforts to resolve the standoff with the government. The boycott split the opposition, and dwindling support for its leader Juan Guaidó raises questions about who might face the...