July 19, 2016
PAHO says it has strong strategy to support countries affected by Zika
The long-term outlook for the Americas resulting from the Zika virus outbreak is uncertain and the number of people affected is difficult to gauge, but the Pan American Health Organization is responding with a strong, four-tiered strategy to support…
July 18, 2016
Cuba awards 8 medical scholarships
EIGHT young Jamaicans have been awarded medical scholarships to study in Cuba for the 2016-2017 academic year, under the Cuba-Jamaica Cooperation Programme. Cuban ambassador to Jamaica Bernardo Guanche Hernandez presented the scholarships to the…
July 18, 2016
UWI Vice Chancellor urges close regional unity in light of Brexit
The Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Hilary Beckles says the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should use Britain’s exist from the European Union to deepen and strengthen its internal operations and external relations with…
July 18, 2016
OAS chief urges support for vote on removing Venezuela’s president
The leader of the Organization of American States urged member countries Thursday to support efforts in Venezuela to hold a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro from office. At a special meeting of its Permanent Council on the political…
July 18, 2016
Opposition boycotts Parliament IN ANTIGUA
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has warned that his administration is prepared for early by-elections as opposition legislators made good on their threat to boycott the first sitting of the new Parliament following the June 12 general election. "I want…
July 18, 2016
IDB approves loan for Jamaica’s fight crime
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$20 million loan for Jamaica to strengthen community actions that seek to reduce crime and violence, especially among at-risk youths. In spite of advances in prevention efforts Jamaica…
July 15, 2016
Venezuela president hoping for improved US ties
Venezuela (AFP) – Venezuela is interested in improving its rocky relations with the United States, and hopes President Barack Obama will "rectify" US policy toward the crisis-torn South American country, its president Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday.…
July 15, 2016
US Transfers Yemeni Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Montenegro
The U.S. military has announced the transfer of a Yemeni man from its detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Montenegro. The transfer of Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi leaves 79 people detained at Guantanamo where nearly 800 people…
July 14, 2016
Lawyers file appeal after court subpoenas PNP officials
ATTORNEYS representing Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and three People’s National Party (PNP) officials in the long-standing Trafigura matter yesterday filed an appeal seeking to halt the proceedings after High Court Judge Justice Lennox…
July 14, 2016
Three Opposition politicians in Antigua on corruption charges
The leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) Harold Lovell and two other former ministers have been charged with corruption in connection with three buses donated to the former administration. Lovell, along with former…