Dark chocolate is known for health benefits including positive effects on cardiovascular health but now researchers at London’s Kingston University say it could be a booster for sports enthusiasts in their fitness training. A team led by postgraduate research student Rishikesh Kankesh Patel discovered that dark chocolate provides similar benefits to beetroot juice, now taken […]
As thousands of refugees reach Canada’s shores, a Jamaican-born man is begging Canada to help him return here. “If I don’t get home, I’m going to die,” said former Toronto Argonaut Andrew Stewart who is fighting to return to Canada for life-saving treatment. Stewart who has been told he has three to five months to […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia is on target to begin geothermal exploratory drilling. The recently completed surface exploration studies, designed to better understand the geothermal resource conditions, suggest that the resource exists outside of the Sulphur Springs area and outside of the Piton Management Area (PMA). This is good news, as earlier concerns about […]
WASHINGTON, United States – Approximately US$1.8 billion would be needed to end poor housing conditions currently endured by 1 million residents in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, according to a new Inter-American Development Bank report, The State of Housing in Six Caribbean Countries. The report, which analyzed the implementation of […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will soon allow students to take their examinations on a computer or electronic device. Announcing plans for a pilot later this month, CXC said the move towards electronic testing is in keeping with its commitment “to observe global quality standards in the delivery of examination services and […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — In St Kitts and Nevis, diabetes is bigger than zika, bigger than HIV/AIDS, says chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Patrick Martin. “We have an epidemic of diabetes in the Federation… We have a diabetes rate of 20% in adults. One in every five adults has diabetes,” he said. Martin said obesity […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – The UN food relief agency has committed to assisting 1.6 million people hit by droughts exacerbated by El Niño in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti and building resilience against future climatic shocks. Speaking at the end of visits to El Salvador and Guatemala to see the compounded impact of El […]
“I am honoured that The Illegal has been chosen as the winner of Canada Reads 2016. Clara Hughes was more than a passionate and ardent defender. She also became a friend and helped my wife Miranda Hill, friends and me raise funds to get ready to bring a refugee family to Hamilton,” said author Lawrence […]
Continuous sitting for more than three hours can take a serious health toll on our bodies and it has recently become a prevalent public health topic and target for intervention, according to a new study. The study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that sitting for more than three hours per day […]
The Ontario government says it will ban the practice known as carding or street checks, noting police must inform people that they do not have to provide identifying information under the new regulations. “This regulation is the first of its kind in our province’s history. It sets out rights for the individual and clear rules […]
