No gender disparity in health care - Simms
Gender expert Dr Glenda Simms does not accept the findings of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that indicate parents favour girls over boys in dispensing care. She says the UNICEF data are likely overgeneralised ...
US still leading tourism market, says World Travel council head
President of the World Travel and Tourism Council, Jean-Claude Baumgarten, is forecasting that the United States will remain the largest travel and tourism market in the world, despite signs of economic slowdown.
Freedom in the era of slavery: The case of the Barclay brothers in Jamaica
The recent airing of the PBS documentary, African-American Lives 2, developed by Professor 'Skip' Gates from Harvard University, has prompted me to write this piece, especially as we observe Black History Month.
Road dispute lands in court
A row between coffee farmers in Abbey Green, St Thomas, and the proprietor of the Abbey Green Estate has reached the Supreme Court.
Climate change shrinking Carib fish stocks
The United Nations has warned that the supply of fish stocks will plummet as the world heats up, impacting millions of people in the Caribbean and other developing nations who depend on fishing for their economic success.
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