Month: October 2020

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Starting next year, the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says the body will be conducting 100 per cent moderation of all School Based Assessments (SBAs) based on an independent review of […]

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — A new study has revealed that, in most Latin American and Caribbean countries, rural women are the group that is least connected to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), hindering their […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Pregnant women should avoid a group of common pain relievers including Advil and Aleve for the last four months of pregnancy, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the warning from […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)— The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Friday said it has been able to assist several member countries with the more than US$2 million down payment needed to be able […]

by Dr Renata Clarke Sub-regional Coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) It is a fact of human nature that nothing focuses our collective consciousness on our fundamental needs more […]

The Ministry of Education, Human Resource  Development, Religious Affairs and Information hereby informs the public that this Ministry, in  conjunction with the Child Month Committee has decided that the 2020 Child Month activities  will run from October […]

Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the two squads for the proposed tour of New Zealand which will feature three T20 Internationals and two Test matches from November 27 to December 15. Details of the […]