The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine campus in Trinidad measured the quake at 6.8, but the United States Geological Survey (USGS) put it at 7.3 and said it had a depth of 76 miles (123 kilometres). Its...
Just days after officials of the Barbados Cancer Society said more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer in this country, Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw has revealed she has recently received a similar diagnosis. Addressing constituents at a meeting of the Barbados Labour Party’s St....
NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug 21, CMC – The human rights group, Rights Bahamas, says plans by the government to remove “shantytowns” where many Haitian migrants live from the landscape of the country constitutes a gross violation of people’s fundamental human rights under the constitution “These people do...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday expressed concern about the high rates of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI), being seen among pregnant women in Barbados. Dr Anton Best, senior medical officer of health with responsibility for the HIV/STI programme,...
SOME 11,000 pupils across the region who wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exam (formerly O’levels) last May/June got no passes. So said Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch at a function for the official release of results in Grenada on Saturday. The shocking figures...