Jamaica Gleaner Caribbean
Published: Monday Tuesday | January 27, 2009
St LUCIA - Principals against condoms in schools
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):School principals in St Lucia are opposed to the introduction of condoms in schools and have snubbed the idea of a national debate on the issue, even though the education minister says he favours such a debate...
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Children using Viagra for heart disease
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad Express): The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, also known as Sildenafil, is being used on children in Trinidad and Tobago who are suffering with heart disease. The controversial treatment is used to delay pulmonary hypertension ...
Diplomat responds to sailor's murder
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Australia's High Commissioner to the Eastern Caribbean has described as "very unfortunate", last Thursday's murder of an Australian sailor in Antigua, but said his country would not be urging its citizens to stay away ...
GUYANA - Jagdeo among leaders for World Economic Forum
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):President Bharrat Jagdeo has left for Switzerland, where he is expected to join 40 other international leaders for a major economic forum focused on the current world situation.Jagdeo is the only Caribbean leader scheduled to...
BERMUDA - New Anglican bishop consecrated
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):Patrick White has been consecrated as the island's second Bermuda-born Anglican bishop, following the retirement last year of Ewen Ratteray.White was consecrated at the Cathedral in a two-hour ceremony on Sunday led by the...