The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has collaborated with the Arbovirus Laboratory Network (RELDA) on new guidelines to improve lab confirmation of suspected Zika cases in the Caribbean and Latin America, even as more accurate tests are developed. “With dengue and chikungunya circulating in...
BEFORE the break of dawn yesterday, rumours began circulating on various social media platforms that the tables had turned and the People’s National Party (PNP) had won the elections. Fuelled by the speculation, PNP supporters in East Kingston and elsewhere took to the streets to celebrate. But...
[caption id="attachment_9943" align="alignleft" width="300"] Andrew Holness delivering his victory speech to JLP supporters last night. Beside him is Derrick Smith.[/caption] Andrew Holness returned the favour, handing Portia Simpson Miller’s People’s National Party (PNP) its first one-term government yesterday in the country’s 17th general election that ended...
HAVANA, Cuba, Wednesday February 24, 2016, IPS – United States President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raúl Castro will go down in history as two statesmen who managed to overcome more than half a century of hostility to bring back together two neighbouring countries...
[caption id="attachment_3691" align="alignleft" width="300"] St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves[/caption] KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Tuesday February 23, 2016 – Vincentians will have to start paying taxes on cell phone and international calls to contribute to government’s plan to reduce poverty in the country....