Author: Clivette

CARPHA: Cancer second leading killer in region

February 05, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3387" align="alignleft" width="300"] CARPHA: Cancer second leading killer in region[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says cancers are the second leading cause of death in the region, even as it acknowledged that nearly one half of cancers...

Obama dismissive as US House votes to repeal ‘Obamacare’

February 05, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_3381" align="alignleft" width="300"] US President Barack Obama speaks in Washington, DC on February 3, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)[/caption] Washington (AFP) - US House Republicans took the increasingly routine step Tuesday of voting to repeal "Obamacare," a seemingly doomed effort that President Barack Obama ridiculed as...

The vision of Marley and Dennis Brown

February 05, 2015 in Regional

This week marks the birthdays of reggae's most influential artistes -- Bob Marley and Dennis Brown. Marley, who died in May 1981 at age 36 would be 70 on February 6. Dennis Brown died in July 1999. He would have celebrated his 58th birthday on...