After heavy criticism from two opposition members at Tuesday's parliamentary debate on the fisheries bill, the Team Unity government agreed that the minimum fines to local fishers were excessive and accepted the proposed amendment. The member for Constituency #8, Hon. Eugene Hamilton, gave way to demands...
[caption id="attachment_9555" align="alignright" width="300"] Monday's game against the Spurs was billed as a conference finals preview, but Stephen Curry and the Warriors quickly turned it into their run-of-the-mill, tongue-wagging blowout.[/caption] Stephen Curry scored 37 points and hit six 3-pointers in three quarters as the reigning champion...
[caption id="attachment_9551" align="alignright" width="300"] Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Carlene Henry-Morton[/caption] The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Caribbean Tourism Organization recently organized a Tourism Education Workshop for teachers and education officers. The two-day workshop was facilitated by Sharon Banfield-Bovell, who is the...
The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease suspected of causing serious birth defects, is expected to spread to all countries in the Americas except Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization said. Zika has suspected but unproven links to microcephaly – in which babies born to...
[caption id="attachment_9546" align="alignright" width="300"] One of the year’s highlights will be US President Barack Obama patois greeting at the University of the West Indies town hall meeting.[/caption] Dear Editor, Every time I hear President Barack Obama speak or give the State of the Union address, I am...