Dominica confirms seven Zika cases among pregnant women

September 08, 2016 in Regional

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica has confirmed that seven pregnant women had contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus in addition to two other cases of persons with the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscle weakness, and...

Opposition decries mass deportation of J’cans from UK

September 07, 2016 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has decried the mass deportation of Jamaicans who have been living in the United Kingdom for several years. The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper, yesterday reported that protesters gathered outside the Jamaican high commission in south-west...

Father and son remanded for drug possession

September 07, 2016 in Regional

A father and son who were brought before the court on drug charges, have been remanded to prison after they could not come up with the $50,000 cash component of their bail. Fifty-three-year-old Derrick Arnold George and 21-year-old Huganjah Derrick George of Christian Valley are jointly...

Six year old kicked out of school

September 07, 2016 in Regional

President of the Antigua & Barbuda Association of Persons with Disabilities (ABAPD), Bernard Warner has cried “victimisation”, after his six-year-old daughter was reportedly thrown out of a primary school without notice. Warner told OBSERVER media that his daughter, Jennings Warner, was expelled from the Five Islands...