Day: May 20, 2012
Mexico and CARICOM Sign Agreement on Haiti’s Reconstruction
Above: Mexico and CARICOM begin talks in Barbados Monday (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell-Carib Journal BRIDGETOWN — Haiti’s reconstruction efforts will receive support following the…
Canada approves historic life-saving stem-cell drug for children
Canada has become the first country to greenlight the world’s first approved drug that has stem cells as its active ingredient, offering hope to children…
Dominican Republic votes in tight presidential race
No major incidents and high turnout: election day in the capital, Santo Domingo People in the Dominican Republic have been voting to chose a new…
Cheap amoebic dysentery drug ‘promising’
Cheap amoebic dysentery drug ‘promising’ By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Entamoeba histolytica in the gut cause dysentery A cheap drug, which…
Haiti: 2 Americans in jail charged with conspiracy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two Americans jailed in Haiti were charged with conspiracy for participating in a street march that pressed for the return of…
Rising price concerns as Dominicans vote for president
All support is welcome: Hipolito Mejia is trailing in the opinion polls Two veteran politicians are contesting a poll in the Dominican Republic after a…
Nude of Canadian PM gets mixed response
A painting depicting Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the nude on display at a public library drew condemnation and snickers in the halls…
Haiti’s troubled peacemakers A massive wrong
Apr 27th 2012, 6:14 by The Economist online. MINUSTAH, the UN’s 9,000-member peacekeeping force in Haiti, has been blamed for a cholera outbreak there. Unfortunately,…