Author: Clivette

Elaine Thompson pips Schippers in all-star 200m

September 02, 2016 in Sports

ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Recently crowned double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson maintained her winning ways by holding her form to claim victory in an all-star women's 200m at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday. Dutch world champion Dafne Schippers, who won silver behind...

Doctors Fear Zika Is A Sleeping Giant In Haiti

September 01, 2016 in Regional

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Thursday September 1, 2016 – At the Mirebalais Hospital in Haiti’s central plateau, Dr. Louise Ivers and Dr. Roman Jean-Louis are examining a baby girl who was born in early July with microcephaly, a smaller-than-normal skull often associated with Zika infections. The baby, named...

TUG Sends 75 PEP Workers Home

September 01, 2016 in National

Freedom Fm has just received news that some 75 PEP workers drawn from Cosmetology, Computer Graphics, Early childhood and Office Administration were sent home by Permanent Secretary in the office of the Prime Minister, Mr Osbert Desouza at 11 o’clock on Thursday morning. Several of the...