ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Wednesday May 11, 2016 – Antiguan women have been advised to put pregnancy on hold since the first case of the Zika virus was confirmed in the country last week. Dr Kimberly Mallin, director of the American University of Antigua (AUA) Health...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday May 10, 2016 – Barbadian-born Grammy-winning singer Rihanna has announced a global scholarship programme that would fund education for students from seven countries, including her home country and four other Caribbean nations, in the United States. The college scholarship programme, launched through...
So, you know Venezuela is on the verge of economic collapse. The price of oil has dropped precipitously over the past few years—that’s a budgetary nightmare for a nation dependent on its oil exports. As a result, basic necessities, like toilet paper, are being rationed....
MARYLAND, United States, Friday May 9, 2016 –Shanique Myrie has again come out of the winning side of a court battle. The Jamaican, who successfully sued the Barbados government five years ago, has been acquitted in the United States of an assault charge. The charge...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday May 9, 2016 – A former member of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) who was found dead last night is believed to have committed suicide. Police say that Faye Reid-Jacobs, who unsuccessfully contested the by-election in Westmoreland Central in December 2014 after...