Chikungunya now an epidemic in the Caribbean
From Jamaica Obsever ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC) – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it represents…
IMF comments on risk to Caribbean of potential Petro Caribe pullout
By Andre Huie From WINN FM St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): During an IMF press conference recently, officials from the Western Hemisphere Department were quizzed by St Vincent and the Grenadines journalist Jerry George about the lack of adequate focus…
Clinton Foundation to assist St Kitts-Nevis with renewable energy initiatives
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says the twin-island Federation will receive assistance from the US-based Clinton Foundation to improve efforts in developing the renewable energy sector. He says he expects the collaboration will…
EU single market in financial services seen to remain a challenge
By Helen Burggraf, Contributing Editor , International Adviser The European Union has come a long way since its creation in the years following World War II, but early dreams of a single market in financial services continue to be only…
IMF to decide on Grenada programme in early May
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to meet early next month to approve Grenada’s home grown structural adjustment program. The IMF official who will be chairing the meeting has asked Grenada’s permanent secretary in the…
On 2013, an extraordinary year for offshore tax enforcement
By Dan Reeves From OffshoreAlert There was a time when offshore financial secrecy laws were ironclad and impenetrable. Some used those laws to engage in legitimate financial activities directed at investing, increasing wealth and facilitating international trade, but many others…
St George’s Easter Cantata
On Easter Sunday (April 20) the combined choirs of St. George’s Anglican (Episcopal) Church put on a resounding and moving “Resurrection Praise” concert for their parishioners and guests. Along with soloists Richard De Lacey (Tenor) and Winsome Sairsingh (Soprano) from…
CCJ rules against doctor in case of child developing cerebral palsy
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal by a Belizean-based doctor against a lower court ruling that he failed to follow procedure sanctioned as the proper practice for…
Mount St. Helens is recharging
Mount St. Helens is recharging: What rising magma means By Becky Oskin From FOXNEWS ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mount St. Helens is nowhere near another eruption, but new magma is rising underground, heaving the volcano upward and outward by the length…
New therapy for advanced prostate cancer available in Trinidad & Tobago
A new therapeutic option has been recently approved in Trinidad & Tobago and is available for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, progressing to chemotherapy PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago/NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — The Chemistry, Food & Drugs Division of the…
