April 5, 2018
PAHO calls for breaking down barriers that keep one in three people in the Americas from accessing health
On the eve of World Health Day, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, and former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet today called for collective actions to ensure that all people, everywhere have access to…
March 28, 2018
Haiti installs leaders of reborn army
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Tuesday installed the leaders of his country's army, a symbolic step in the impoverished Caribbean country's reformation of a military demobilised 23 years ago after decades of coups…
March 16, 2018
NATIONAL AIDS PROGRAMME MANAGERS, CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS COMMIT TO SUPPORT COUNTRY OWNERSHIP FOR HIV RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean's response to the HIV epidemic, concluded the Sixth Meeting of National AIDS Programme (NAP) Managers and Key…
March 2, 2018
Racist’s Name Stripped from Hall of Residence at UWI St Augustine Campus
The oldest Halls of Residence at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) St Augustine Campus, has officially dropped the name of a racist British Colonial Governor in South Africa.What was once Milner Hall of Residence, named after Lord Alfred…
February 16, 2018
Cuba prepares to end dual currency
For more than two decades, Cubans have used a unique dual currency system to protect a fragile economy, but with just weeks of his mandate remaining, President Raul Castro has signalled that much-delayed change is finally coming. Plans to scrap the…
January 29, 2018
Homes of Haitian migrants in Bahamas set on fire
Police in the Bahamas say a fire that was apparently set deliberately has destroyed dozens of homes in a shantytown made up largely of migrants from Haiti on the island of Abaco. An official with the Royal Bahamas Police Force says a local man is in…
January 23, 2018
Venezuela calls early election, Maduro ready to run
Venezuela will hold presidential elections by the end of April, the ruling Constituent Assembly said Tuesday, pulling forward a vote in which President Nicolas Maduro hopes to triumph over a divided opposition and win a second term. The 55-year-old…
January 20, 2018
Bolt pledges $1 million for kids displaced by fire
Jamaica's sprint legend Usain Bolt wasted no time in pledging $1 million, through his foundation, to assist children displaced by an early morning fire at Walker's Place of Safety in St Andrew Tuesday morning. The Usain Bolt Foundation, which was…
January 10, 2018
Paymaster (Jamaica) and interCaribbean Airways launch payment convenience
interCaribbean Airways and Paymaster (Jamaica) Limited, a leader in the bill payment industry are pleased to announce a new payment channel in the Jamaica market targeted at providing convenience for the Jamaican customers. Trevor Sadler, CEO of…
January 10, 2018
Spiralling murder rate forces private citizens to arm themselves
More Jamaicans are arming themselves with guns, prompted, apparently, by the island's skyrocketing and seemingly out-of-control murder rate, based on figures from the State-run Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). Jamaica, with a population of…