The Ministry of Health and Wellness has announced that at least nine parish health departments across the country have started house to house vaccinations. In a media release at the weekend, the Ministry says health teams, including nurses and community aides, from...
The International Monetary Fund is slightly downgrading its outlook for the global recovery from the pandemic recession. In its latest World Economic Outlook released Tuesday, the IMF foresees global growth this year of 5.9 percent, compared with its projection in...
Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, has revealed that the Uchence Wilson Gang trial which concluded last year cost the state $55 million in legal fees with the ongoing Klansman trial set to generate a similar bill. He made the revelation in acknowledging that the...
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has called for investment in the human capital of small island developing states, amid the fallout in the labour market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister made the call while addressing a high-level United Nations Event...
The University of the West Indies has now been ranked in the top 1.5 percent tertiary institutions globally under the Times Higher Education ranking system. The Times Higher Education, T.H.E, 2022 rankings were released this month. The T.H.E annual rankings have...
Controversial PNP activist, Karen Cross, is urging comrades to march on the party headquarters at 9 this morning. Miss Cross' call to comrades comes amid the dismal poll numbers for the party and its leader, Mark Golding, in the latest Nationwide/Bluedot polls. Recent...
Voting is continuing in Canada’s first-ever pandemic election with people from coast-to-coast casting their ballot to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons. Polling stations are open for 12 hours, but the opening times vary by region,...
Statistics from the Road Safety Unit, RSU, in the Ministry of Transport indicates there's been a reduction in road fatalities and fatal crashes since the start of the year. The findings were provided in the monthly crash report for the period of August 2021. It...
The Opposition People's National Party, PNP, is joining the call by a group of Private Sector groups and Trade Unions for a national dialogue and a policy on vaccination in the workplace. In a statement, Opposition Spokesman on Labour and Social Security, Senator Dr....
Opposition Spokesman on Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell is demanding an update on the government's plans to assist several people he says have been affected by a recent fire at the Jamalco plant in Clarendon. Seven employees at the Jamalco alumina refinery in...