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Bahamas
The Bahamas government has
removed the mandatory 14-day quarantine
allowing visitors to stay at hotels,
go to the beaches and enjoy some of
the island’s world-famous excursions
and activities but mostly importantly
is to abide by the health and safety
protocols.
Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio
D’Aguilar said the new regulation
came into effect last
Sunday and, as a
result the Emergency
Orders will be revised
to reflect that change.
He said when the
Bahamas closed its borders in March
to protect against the COVID-19 pandemic
“never did we imagine that seven
months later, the impact of the virus
would remain so severe.”
He said, sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic
continues to have a devastating
impact on global tourism, adding that
the latest data from the World Health
Organization (WHO) showed that the
international tourism is down a whopping
70 percent.
D’Aguilar said what’s more, the
World and Travel Tourism Council
just released new research indicating
that 174 million travel and tourism jobs
could be lost in 2020 I f global travel
restrictions remain in place.
The Tourism Minister even though
the talk now is about a reopening, the
facts on the ground are that The Bahamas
has been open to international
travel for many months now.
He said that persons have always
been free to leave The Bahamas without
any restrictions and a number of
airlines, JetBlue, Air Canada and more
recently American Airlines have been
bringing in travelers, mostly returning
residents and citizens, using an
extremely reduced schedule.
Barbados
More than 200 Christians from different
churches recently participated
in the third of five marches organized
by the religious group Family-Faith-
Freedom Barbados.
Executive director of the religious
group Dr. Veronica
Evelyn has urged
Christians island-wide
to stand up for what
is right by protesting
against the government’s
proposal to legalize same sex
unions.
According to Dr. Evelyn, the government
is committing Barbados to
a non-negotiable global agenda that
entails much more than initially bargained
for.
She said the implications of buying
into this godless, sexual rights ideology
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that is built on lies, twisted truths and
intimidation.
Dr. Evelyn said her group will continue
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to lift its voice to speak the truth
to the nation.
In September, the Mia Mottley-led
administration revealed plans to soon
recognize same-sex civil unions.
The move was announced by Governor
General Dame Sandra Mason, as
she delivered the Throne Speech.
She said the government is prepared
to recognize same-sex civil unions to
ensure that same-sex couples will have
equal rights.
Caribbean
A new report by the United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP) has
warned that used vehicles exported
from richer countries are contributing
to increased air pollution in developing
nations, such as those in the Caribbean
are hindering efforts to mitigate the
effects of climate change.
The study — the first-ever of its
kind — found that 14 million used cars,
vans and omnibuses
were exported worldwide
from Europe,
the United States and
Japan between 2015
and 2018.
The report says about 80 percent
went into low and middle-income countries.
UNEP’s Executive Director Inger
Anderson said cleaning up the global
vehicle fleet is a priority to meet global
and local air quality and climate
targets.
She said over the years, developed
countries have increasingly exported
their used vehicles to developing
countries because this largely happens
unregulated of exporting polluting
vehicles.
UNEP said the report is based on an
in-depth analysis of some 146 countries.
Guyana
The United States State Department
has approved the sale of four helicopters
and related equipment to Guyana at an
estimated cost of US$256 million.
The Defense Security
Corporation Agency
(DSCA) recently delivered
the required certification
for the Bell
412Epi and 429 helicopters and related
equipment, notifying Congress of the
possible sale. The notice of a potential
sale is required by US law.
A news release from DSCA noted
that “this proposed sale will support
foreign policy and national security of
the United States of the United States
by helping to improve the security of
Guyana, which is expected to grow to
be an important force for political stability
and economic progress in South
America.”
The proposed sale of the helicopters
will improve Guyana’s capability
to meet current and future threats, it
said.
In 2019, the Guyana government
requested to buy the Bell 412 Epi
Light Utility helicopters with customer
unique modifications, two Bell 429
Light Utility helicopters with customerunique
modifications, two WESCAM
MX 10 cameras, mission equipment and
contractor-provided pilot and maintainer
training.
Also requested were ground support
equipment, spares, publications,
technical assistance, transportation
repair and return and other related elements
of logistics and program support,
according to the DSCA.
Haiti
Haiti’s President, Jovenel Moise, is
moving to have a national debate on a
new constitution for the French-speaking
Caribbean country
ahead of a referendum
on the new document
early next year.
Moise, who last
month had sworn in
the members of the Independent Advisory
Committee for the development of
a draft of the new constitution, said the
“draft constitution will be debated.”
He said the debates will last a month,
after which there will be a referendum
on the final document between February
and March 2021.
Moise had earlier recalled that he had
campaigned on constitutional reforms
and, as a result of his victory, Haitians
had voted to make changes to the exist-
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