The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Friday said it has been able to assist several member countries with the more than US$2 million down payment needed to be able to equitable gain access to a safe and effective coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine through the Vaccines...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— Five countries in the Eastern Caribbean have been deemed as safe for citizens of the United States to travel. According to the Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) , the countries that have no travel notice issued against them are Anguilla, Grenada,...
[caption id="attachment_15226" align="alignright" width="300"] PRIME MINISTER ALLEN CHASTANET[/caption] CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has told St Lucians that it is “no secret” that the island has exhausted all of the efforts aimed at providing financial assistance to citizens in the wake of...
Caribbean countries that succeed in tackling their infection rates have many different challenges but one enemy is common: COVID-19. We look at the bottom 12 Caribbean countries and territories that have the lowest number of active cases to zero active cases as of October 12...
A research centre at the the University of the West Indies (UWI) campus in Jamaica, says it has discovered the presence of anti-cancer properties in purple yams. The UWI, Mona Campus says Dr Dennis Bailey from the Biotechnology Centre made the discovery while conducting doctoral studies. The...