UNAIDS negotiates lower price for one pill HIV treatment
UNAIDS on Thursday announced a breakthrough pricing agreement to make the first affordable single-pill HIV treatment regimen available to public sector purchasers in low...
Dominica needs ‘all the help the world can give,’ says PM
(CMC) Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit has issued an urgent appeal for the island following the passage of Hurricane Maria earlier this week.
Skerrit...
Hurricane Maria ‘leaves 15 dead in Dominica’
(BBC) At least 15 people are dead and 20 others are missing on Dominica after Hurricane Maria, the Caribbean island's prime minister has said.
It...
Brathwaite cleared to bowl again
(CMC) Part-time West Indies off-spinner, Kraigg Brathwaite, has been cleared to bowl in international cricket after having his action approved by the International Cricket...
Sri Lanka secure World Cup berth after Windies defeat
Sri Lanka have become the eighth and final team to qualify automatically for the 2019 World Cup, following West Indies' seven-wicket defeat against England...
T&T Granny was suffocated …churchyard death for ‘killer’
(Trinidad Express) Grandmother Haniffa Bedassie operated a mini mart in her Chaguanas community for over two decades without ever being robbed, until yesterday.
The criminal...
Mrs. Granger, CARICOM and African First Ladies and Spouses to advance investment in women
Guyana’s First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, joined with the First Ladies and Spouses of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), members...
At least 49 killed in powerful Mexico quake
(AFP) At least 49 people were killed when a powerful, 7.1-magnitude quake hit Mexico on Tuesday, authorities say.
The count was an initial toll, given...
St Lucia survives Hurricane #Maria; acting PM concerned about ‘fake news’
(CMC) Acting Prime Minister Lenard Montoute, says that apart from damage to the road network, and the island's vital banana sector the island had...
BVI under curfew as Hurricane Maria approaches
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British Virgin Islands was under curfew Tuesday as the Caribbean archipelago, still reeling from the devastation caused by...
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