EnvironmentNewsRegional CARIBBEAN – CRFM to initiate study on Sargassum seaweed by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 written by Barbados Today 3 min read The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has initiated a regional fact-finding study to document the record-breaking influx of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean Sea in 2018, and the impacts this … Continue Reading 26/01/2019 3 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
NewsRegional CARPHA advises region to be proactive in reducing flu risk by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC โ The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging people to practice good personal hygiene in order to reduce the risk of transmission of … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
NewsVenezuela BBC – Venezuelans protest by Barbados Today 23/01/2019 by Barbados Today 23/01/2019 Tens of thousands are gathering across Venezuela to march in protest against President Nicolรกs Maduro. Four people are said to have died in clashes before the protests, as riot police … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaHealthRegional GUYANA – Probe launched into death of cancer patients by Barbados Today 21/01/2019 by Barbados Today 21/01/2019 CMC โ The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is urging the public to โto resist the urge to speculateโ as it announced an investigation into the adverse reaction a particular … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalTrinidad & Tobago TRINIDAD – Gov’t prepares legislation to treat with asylum seekers by Barbados Today 19/01/2019 by Barbados Today 19/01/2019 CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says legislation which seeks to treat with asylum requests from foreign nationals has been prepared even as Venezuelan nationals staged a protest here … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaPoliticsRegional GUYANA – Legislator who brought down gov’t may have committed treason by Barbados Today 13/01/2019 by Barbados Today 13/01/2019 A Brooklyn, New York group is claiming that the Member of Parliament (MP) who brought down the coalition government in Guyana many have committed treason. The Caribbean Guyana Institute for … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaRegional GUYANA – Gov’t maintains position regarding incident involving Venezuelan navy by Barbados Today 12/01/2019 by Barbados Today 12/01/2019 CMC – Guyana has reiterated its position that the Norwegian ship hired by ExxonMobil was โinterceptedโ by a Venezuelan naval vessel and brushed aside a claim by Caracas that the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized JAMAICA – Twenty murders in first week of 2019 by Barbados Today 08/01/2019 by Barbados Today 08/01/2019 KINGSTON โ Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon disclosed that the island has recorded 20 murders as of yesterday, noting that 11 of them were committed in Kingston and St … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaNewsRegional JAMAICA – Govt to employ more workers to deal with dengue outbreak by Barbados Today 07/01/2019 by Barbados Today 07/01/2019 KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC โ Government says additional temporary workers are being sent to Westmoreland, the westernmost parish on the island, as authorities seek to eliminate mosquito breeding sites as they … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AntiguaRegionalSt LuciaSt Vincent Caribbean islands record three earthquakes in 24 hours by Barbados Today 05/01/2019 by Barbados Today 05/01/2019 The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Friday said an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rattled three … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
