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By Allan Bucka Jones Pride Health Columnist Your heart pumps blood. Blood pressure is the force of blood against your blood vessels as it circulates. This force is necessary to make the blood flow, delivering nutrients and oxygen throughout your ...

NC – Got data? The term is often thrown around when discussing mobile devices like cell phones or tablets, but few people know when or how to use it, and how much they need. Data is the fuel for your ...

Photo above is of Sir Dwight Venner. BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner, says while the performance of the economy of St. Kitts and Nevis since 2013 has been “very encouraging”, ...

WASHINGTON, DC CMC – The World Bank says remittances by international migrants, from the Caribbean and other developing countries, are on course for strong growth this year. The bank also says, at the same time, forced migration due to violence ...

London, England, CMC – Jamaican poet, Kei Miller, is the recipient of the prestigious Forward prize for the best poetry collection of 2014. Miller’s book, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, took the prize of £10,000. Eight ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police were, on Monday, continuing their search for the killer of 30-year-old Joseph Nero, who was gunned down on Sunday night while attending a wake for his mother. Police said that ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – On Tuesday, supporters of the main opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) staged a demonstration outside the office of President Donald Ramotar, in support of a date for Local Government elections last held here ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – This year marks the 170th year of the founding of the Queen’s College of Guyana. To celebrate this milestone, both local and overseas alumni and alumnae of the school will participate in a grand reunion in Georgetown, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A nine-year-old boy died late Saturday in what is believed to be an obeah ritual. The police report that Abeomi Jeremiah was found motionless in a bedroom, with candle wax on his eyes, face ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica parliament has passed legislation allowing for the removal of criminal records against the names of persons convicted for possession of, or smoking, small quantities of marijuana. The Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Amendment) Act, ...