St Vincent’s main opposition New Democratic Party says it will not support a proposal by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves that the state pays for medical expenses for parliamentarians.
WASHINGTON (CMC):The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that about 50 per cent of people living in the Americas, including the Caribbean, are at risk of one or more diseases carried by insects.
The goal is to develop a more sustainable entrepreneurial base by providing financing for business development activities aimed at promoting the creation of an ICT-enabled industry.
The World Bank says the successful multi-donor trust fund has launched a new phase with commitments from donors for close to US$20 million to help the Caribbean and other poor countries manage debt.
The Washington-based PAHO said these insects include mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other vectors which carry diseases such as the West Nile virus, dengue, malaria and most recently chikungunya.
The warning by the country’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Merlene Frederick comes days after St Lucia confirmed its first case of the mosquito-borne disease.
Antigua’s National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort says the signing of the agreement has created a viable medium of support for the soon to be established Caribbean Maritime School of Excellence.
Guyana’s Education Minister Priya Manickchand has been barred from contributing to the 2014 national budget debate after she refused to apologise for a statement she made against a sitting legislator.
The Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said that a new school built under the Medianet Haiti Relief Fund will be named in recognition of CARICOM’s solidarity with the project.
Following its latest review under the country’s stand-by arrangement, the IMF said real Gross Domestic Product is estimated to have grown by 1.7 per cent, based on a modest recovery in tourism ...
The younger Bouterse was arrested in Panama on August 29 2013, initially on drugs and weapons charges, and later on charges that he was forging ties with terrorist group Hezbollah.
Analysts and diplomats have expressed skepticism over the law, uncertain whether the one-party state has undergone a genuine change of heart, and truly wants to attract foreign investors.
Ramadharsingh was removed from his portfolio following an incident in which he was accused of behaving inappropriately with a flight attendant on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Tobago.
There are renewed calls in Trinidad for the Government to ensure the proclamation of the Dog Control Amendment Act that has been passed in both houses of Parliament.
Nearly seven years after a prominent businesswoman was kidnapped and murdered, a court in Trinidad and Tobago has heard that her killers had used an electric saw to dismember her body ...
The Pan-American Health Organization says one in five people infected with tuberculosis in the Americas, including the Caribbean, remains unaware of the disease.
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) says one in five people infected with tuberculosis in the Americas, including the Caribbean, remains unaware of the disease.
The court heard evidence that the 12-year-old student was seen by his 32-year-old teacher throwing bottles at other students during recess and was reprimanded.
The World Bank says loss assessments done in January put the total losses in St Vincent and the Grenadines at US$108 million and US$99 million for St Lucia.
