A strong word of caution has been issued to the public not to buy what is being touted as a vaccine for the dreaded Zika virus. There have been several international reports about an experimental vaccine for the virus, with many volunteers flooding hospitals in the...
[caption id="attachment_14204" align="alignleft" width="300"] An aerial view of the Petrojam refinery.[/caption] Jamaica and Venezuela could well be headed for a confrontation next month over the ownership of the Petrojam refinery in Kingston. Petrojam’s General Manager Winston Watson told a meeting of the House of Representatives’ Economy and...
[caption id="attachment_14189" align="alignright" width="300"] INDECOM Commissioner, Terrence Williams[/caption] THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), in a report tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said 340 civilians were killed in various police operations between July 2013 and December 2015. The information was included in INDECOM’s Quarterly...
[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, to improve its services to passengers saying “there must be a greater sense of humanism” in the way the airline conducts its operations. Skerrit, speaking on...
[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have pledged their “resolve” to achieve positive outcomes for empowering women and girls in the Caribbean as part of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s global-inspired movement and as a celebration of...