KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday June 9, 2016 – The Ministry of Health in Jamaica will require all pregnant women to be tested for the Zika virus. “When a woman is tested positive for being pregnant and she has to go through the initial stages of testing, we...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- A diplomatic passport issued by Antigua and Barbuda to one of its “special economic envoys”, Anthony Bailey, inaccurately states that he is a national of that country, raising yet more questions over the issue of such passports by Caribbean countries. In providing...
CALIFORNIA, United States, Monday June 6, 2016 – Stroke patients, who under normal circumstances would likely be paralyzed or need a wheelchair indefinitely, are now moving and walking following a breakthrough stem cell procedure. Against all previous odds, the treatment also worked for patients whose strokes...
CASTRIES –Economist Allan Chastanet led his United Workers Party (UWP) to a resounding victory in Monday’s general election and immediately signalled his intention to turn around an ailing economy, deal with a ballooning debt while at the same time keeping citizens at the heart of...
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Saint Lucians go to the polls on Monday in an early general election called three weeks ago by Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony, however, as one regional commentator puts it, whichever party forms the next government, they may lose by winning. According...