Caribbean governments are being urged to ban sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from school environments and integrate the health, education and agriculture ministries, in an effort to reduce stem the scourge of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes. President of the Healthy Caribbean ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne Having been whipped by the tail of Tropical Strom Kirk that caused much flooding and related damage to houses last week, Barbados is taking no chances and will shortly begin a number ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) says Air Canada and American Airlines have added new flights to the “Spice Isle” to meet the increasing demand of travel. “With the winter season around ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Vinette K. Pryce A virtual who’s who in politics and education joined other trailblazers at Brown Memorial Baptist Church recently to hail the legacy and dedicated service made by Panama-born Dr. Carlos E. Russell ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says St. Lucia was voted chair on Tuesday of the regional tourism body, with the election of Minister of Tourism Dominic Fedee. CTO said Fedee’s ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Kam Williams “First Man” Very Good (3 stars) Rated PG-13 for peril, mature themes and brief profanity Running time: 141 minutes Production Studio: Amblin Entertainment / Perfect World Pictures / Dreamworks / Universal Pictures ...
The Guyana government is offering teachers a 10 percent salary increase for 2016, eight percent for 2018, and GY$350 million to adjust some salary scales, a Guyana Teachers’ Union official confirmed Monday night. Asked about the fact that no mention ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Tangerine Clarke Sept. 29, town hall meeting at York College, was clearly a success, since many pressing questions were answered by Guyana’s VP and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, who, after issuing his ...
Sir Trevor Hassell, the President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition- an internationally-recognised non-profit organisation in the fight against non-communicable diseases- on Monday challenged agriculture stakeholders across the region to take up huge swathes of land in Guyana and Suriname to ...
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has denied any involvement in recent actions by the Surinamese telecoms authority to pull the data sharing service that was being provided to its competitor, Digicel Guyana. The company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ...