THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has decided to accept the outstanding School-based Assessment (SBA) samples of students of Penwood High School in St Andrew. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid during a back-to-school press conference at the ministry’s Heroes’...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago yesterday celebrated its 54th anniversary of political independence from Britain with the traditional military parade and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley telling citizens “we have a very bright future ahead of us”. No one, however, will this...
MOSCOW — Russia claimed Wednesday it carried out the airstrike in Syria that killed one of the Islamic State’s most senior leaders, but U.S. officials said they had no evidence to back Moscow’s account and were examining whether the militant was hit in an American...
Twelve people, including three children, have been injured on a transatlantic flight after it encountered “severe and unexpected turbulence”. The incident prompted the United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in the Republic of Ireland. Ten passengers and two crew members were taken to hospital...
Drought in Sao Paulo. Flooding in the Himalayas. And pollution in Sumatra. These three distinct water crises have a common cause — degradation in forests. That’s because upstream, forests, wetlands and other “natural infrastructure” play a critical role in supplying clean water downstream. They stabilise soil...