Dominica: During the 8th round of consultations between China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Caribbean nations, the Prime Minister of Dominica, Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, asked for China's help in addressing the security, humanitarian, and governance crisis in Haiti on July 7, 2023.
Mauritius: The price monitoring and control application, ‘MOPRI’, enabling consumers to make informed purchase decisions through its features, namely a Price comparator, Basket of goods and Report a problem, was launched this morning, by the Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Darsanand Balgobin, and the Minister of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Soodesh Callichurn, in Ebène.
Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre left the country in order to attend the 44th Regular Meeting of the CARICOM. In these meetings, all the Government heads of the Caribbean Community will partake, and this meeting is scheduled to be in Nassau, Bahamas, from February 15 to 17, 2023.
ISLAMABAD [Pakistan]: Amid a severe economic crisis, the foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) dropped to a mere USD 4.5 billion, leaving the country with an import cover of less than one month.
Mauritius: The Mauritian economy has closed the gap of the COVID-19 crisis through the introduction of various measures and a people-centric approach to continue to protect the lives and livelihood of the population. This was the gist of the virtual intervention of the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, on 12 January 2023 at the Voice of Global South Summit in Indore, India.
