Daily Archives: Jan 25, 2018

Officials at the Central Board of Health (CBH) are satisfied that the department is on course in ensuring that commercial food handlers in the country maintain the highest possible level of food safety for their customers.

Curt Michael walked out for the St. John's Magistrates' Court with $20,000 less to his name, after a magistrate fined him on illegal possession of firearm and ammunition charges.

Parents and guardians are being urged to ensure that they and their children are adequately immunised against measles, mumps and rubella with the MMR vaccine.

A 40-year-old man of no fixed place of abode is now receiving shelter from the elements after he was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison.

A United Progressive Party (UPP) member of parliament is suggesting that the government considers granting licences to marijuana farmers from whom the government could purchase the controlled substance for distribution.

INGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 24, CMC – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is to travel to North America and Europe this weekend as Jamaica moves to quell any fallout from its decision to impose a state of emergency in St. James, where the island’s tourist resort of Montego Bay is situated.

BELMOPAN, Belize, Jan 24, CMC – The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says seven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are participating in a series of initiatives under a sustainable management initiative for the flyingfish fishery.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four U.S. citizens were killed and two injured in Saturday’s attack by the Taliban on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s presidential election race has begun with favorite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, “anti-Trump” campaign while his demoralized foes scramble to find a viable candidate for a vote they predict will be unfair.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sent a rare announcement addressed to “all Koreans at home and abroad” on Thursday, saying they should make a “breakthrough” for unification without the help of other countries, its state media said.