The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning countries in the region to brace for a severe outbreak of the dengue virus. According to the agency, the current outbreak of dengue in Jamaica has raised the level of concern in other Caribbean islands. Local health authorities...
[caption id="attachment_23857" align="alignleft" width="300"] Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez with ISM founder William Munroe on left, Geoffrey Wharton-Lake, Director of Caribbean Prestige Foundation and CPF shareholder Ricky Raghunanan[/caption] The 2019 International Soca Monarch (ISM) competition will see the return of the Power and Groovy categories. Fay Ann Lyons- Alvarez,...
The Barbuda People’s Movement (BPM) and the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) arm on the sister island are yet to make a determination as to the potential candidates who will represent the interest of both parties in the upcoming council elections in March. The council’s...
All hopes that the controversial Barbuda Runway, designed to accommodate larger aircraft, will be ready by Easter this year have been dashed. This is according to Information Minister Melford Nicholas who confirmed that work may go beyond the month of April. Nicholas cited the recent...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 finalist Zandrea Bailey has died after a long battle with lupus. Bailey, 29, died this morning in a New York hospital where she had been admitted for the past several weeks. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2012. In a 2017 interview with the...