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(BBC) Sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). After an emergency committee meeting on Tuesday, the UN health agency also said there was increasing evidence of links between Zika and various birth defects. Zika is most commonly spread by mosquitoes but several countries […]
(BBC) A Venezuelan opposition coalition has announced how it plans to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office. The MUD coalition had been meeting for weeks to decide how to install a new government. It said it would pursue “all constitutional means” for change. The MUD said this would include a recall referendum, a constitutional amendment […]
(BBC) Venezuelan air force troops have been searching for the bodies of 28 gold miners who are reported to have been killed by a criminal gang in a remote jungle area. Their relatives said they did not return from work on Friday evening. They fear they may have been killed by a gang trying to […]
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The new Government ministers are expected to be sworn in on Monday, March 7, at King’s House in St Andrew. Several lists of proposed members of the soon to be formed Cabinet were being circulated after the Jamaica Labour Party electoral victory, forcing Andrew Holness, to take to his Facebook […]
(BBC) Zika virus kills the type of tissue found in the developing brain, researchers have shown. It was able to destroy or disrupt the growth of neural progenitor cells, which build the brain and nervous system, in lab tests. The discovery, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, adds weight to claims that Zika is […]
(BBC) Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed to fight allegations that he was involved in a huge bribery scheme run by oil giant Petrobras. “I fear nothing,” he said, after being interrogated on Friday over allegations that he received millions of dollars in illegal payments. Lula, a left-wing icon, left office in […]
Guyana’s Minister with responsibility for the Aviation Sector, Annette Ferguson, believes Guyana is setting the stage for a more robust sector. She made the statement during the 17th Board of Directors meeting of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), which opened today in Guyana. During the opening of the meeting, Minister Ferguson stated that, […]
(Reuters) Jamaica’s opposition narrowly won a general election on Thursday, with its message of deep tax cuts and massive job creation winning over voters weary of years of tough IMF-mandated austerity measures. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) led by Andrew Holness had won 33 of the 63 seats with almost all votes counted, according to […]
(CARICOM Today) Crime, unproved categorisation of the Region as a financial high risk area and the potentially devastating effects of the Zika virus were the threats identified by CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in his urgent call for action to keep the Community’s well earned reputation safe and secure. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque made this call […]
(BBC) Pope Francis has delivered a strong denunciation of the drugs trade before an audience of 300,000 people attending an open-air mass in Ecatepec, one of poorest suburbs of Mexico City. He urged the congregation to rid Mexico of drug dealer “merchants of death”. Ecatepec, with 1.6 million inhabitants, is notorious for drug violence, kidnappings […]
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