BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday January 13, 2015, CMC – The Barbados government has announced a temporary ban on poultry from British Columbia “with immediate effect” following the confirmation of outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 in poultry farms. “Personal imports of all fresh or cooked...
[caption id="attachment_3082" align="alignright" width="300"] Lloyd Bogle shows his UK driver’s licence to the Observer on Monday. ([PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)[/caption]THE British High Commission in Jamaica has asked United Kingdom Immigration authorities to give urgent attention to the case of Lloyd Bogle, the 64-year-old Jamaican who has...
[caption id="attachment_893" align="alignright" width="300"] Former Prime Minister Lester Bird[/caption] Senior Minister in the Antigua & Barbuda (ABLP) administration, Lester Bird said government needs to set a target to build 3,000 additional hotel rooms, but should include at least two high-end properties. The former prime minister suggested that...
[caption id="attachment_3013" align="alignleft" width="300"] JLP caretaker for St Thomas Eastern, Delano Seiveright[/caption] Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) constituency caretaker for Eastern St Thomas, Delano Seiveright, has accused the Ministry of Health of failing to increase awareness of post chikungunya (CHIKV) effects, including relapses and related deaths, following...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Police are searching for a man in a wheelchair who shot and killed his 19-year-old girlfriend over the weekend. Police said Salma Chadee was shot at her home on Saturday night while in the company of relatives and the wheelchair-bound...