May 3, 2015
US Stuns Jamaica In the 4×100 meters in Jamaica
Jamaica’s men’s 4x100m relay team followed another team to the line for the first time at a major international championships since the 2008 Olympic Games as a blistering second leg by Justin Gatlin led the USA to victory at the IAAF World Relays in…
May 2, 2015
Royal daughter enters the world
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have introduced their daughter to the world, as they left hospital to take her home to Kensington Palace. The princess, whose name has yet to be announced, slept in her mother's arms during her first public…
May 2, 2015
Airport Customs holding up aid in Nepal
The United Nations has urged Nepal to relax customs controls which it says are holding up deliveries of aid to survivors of last week's earthquake. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Nepal had a duty to provide faster customs clearance for…
May 2, 2015
Barbra Streisand’s Dog Attacks Flight Attendant
Barbra Streisand's cute dog Samantha went wild during a plane trip from New York to Washington D.C earlier this week. The 12-year-old Coton de Tulear bit a female flight attendant of the singer-songwriter's private jet. Based on Barbra's…
May 2, 2015
From Finland, the 1,341-horsepower electric supercar
Finland is famous for its reindeer and global leadership in education, and at least one of those seems to be paying off in the automotive realm. At April’s 2015 Top Marques auto show in Monaco, Finnish company Toroidion unveiled the 1MW Concept, a…
May 1, 2015
Ben E King: R&B legend dies at 76
R&B and soul singer Ben E King, best known for the classic song Stand By Me, has died at the age of 76. King started his career in the late 1950s with The Drifters, singing on hits including There Goes My Baby and Save The Last Dance For Me.…
April 29, 2015
Vaccination Week in the Americas 2015
The Primary Health Care Department, Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services joins the region in celebrating Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) 2015. VWA began on May 30th, 2003 as an initiative taken by regional health authorities…
April 29, 2015
WORLD DAY FOR SAFETY & HEALTH OF WORKERS WEEK
During the week of April 26th to May 2nd, the Department of Employment Services within the Ministry of Border Control will join the rest of the world in observing World Day for Safety and Health at work and “Workers’ Day” May 1st, 2015 under the…
April 29, 2015
Columbus Business Solutions, part of Cable & Wireless Communications, recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for its Disaster Recovery as a Service solution
Columbus Business Solutions, part of Cable & Wireless Communications, today announced it has been positioned in the renowned Gartner Magic Quadrant for its Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution.1 Gartner Magic Quadrants are based on…
April 28, 2015
Minister and Permanent Secretaries for the Ministry of Education attends UWI Annual Business meeting
On invitation from the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, the Deputy Premier with responsibility for Education, Hon. Akierra Missick, and Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Cheryl Ann Jones,…