Watch where you allow people to build – CDEMA

September 03, 2016 in Regional

The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is advising regional states to view the recent observance of the first anniversary of Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica as a reminder of the vulnerability of small coastal communities to natural disasters. The storm was the deadliest natural...

Doctors Fear Zika Is A Sleeping Giant In Haiti

September 01, 2016 in Regional

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Thursday September 1, 2016 – At the Mirebalais Hospital in Haiti’s central plateau, Dr. Louise Ivers and Dr. Roman Jean-Louis are examining a baby girl who was born in early July with microcephaly, a smaller-than-normal skull often associated with Zika infections. The baby, named...

YOUNG FIRE VICTIM DIES

September 01, 2016 in Regional

The family of Gayan Williams is plunged into further mourning, after her three-year-old son also succumbed to injuries he sustained in a fire at their home last week Wednesday morning. OBSERVER media tried unsuccessfully to reach out to the grieving family who lost the toddler Jayden...