[caption id="attachment_6507" align="alignleft" width="300"] PAHO Dominican-born Director Carissa F Etienne[/caption] WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — The Pan American health Organisation (PAHO) has called on Caribbean governments to “invest” in nurses to improve their avialability, distribution and roles. The global body, in launching the “Strategic Directions for Nursing...
Health Minister, Molwyn Joseph implored the people of Antigua and Barbuda get vaccinated after a measles scare in a neighboring island. His comments came after the Church of Scientology cruise ship, Freewinds, was quarantined in St. Lucia last Tuesday after a staff member came down with...
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Monday urged Caribbean countries to “closely monitor water resources and try to conserve as much as possible, at least until June/July” as the drought situation in the region worsens. In its latest Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (CMC) — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Dr Timothy Harris is leading a six-member delegation for talks with the International Contact Group (ICG) on Venezuela. The third Ministerial Meeting begins here on Tuesday and Harris, who is the Prime Minister of St Kitts-Nevis,...
The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda has indicated that the British entrepreneurial magnate, Sir Richard Branson – of Virgin Atlantic fame – has shown interest in investing in the financially challenged regional airline, LIAT. This was according the Chief of Staff within the Office of the...