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By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist The present pandemic is not without its accompanying ills, daily worsening with the prolongation of the imposed lockdown. This year, the Canadian Mental Health Association celebrated, from May 4 to May 10, Mental Health Week ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Health reported, on Wednesday, that nine more persons have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases, across the island, to 529.  This was disclosed by Health Minister, ...

By Mia Mottley and Didier Trebucq Special Guest Contributors BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 22, 2020 (CMC) – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are characterised by their exposure to a variety of risks, and limited capacity to deal with them, when they ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 22, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana government said, today, it would re-migrate approximately 300 nationals, stranded overseas, as a result of the border closures, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), ...

By Annan Boodram Contributing Columnist Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D, author of The Self-Esteem Workbook, describes healthy self-esteem as a realistic, appreciative opinion of oneself — that is independent of externals that the marketplace values, such as wealth, education, health, status ...

By Dr. Brian Bressler Guest Contributor Many people with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis have expressed interest in trying medical marijuana (cannabis) to manage their symptoms. Others have simply engaged in the practice on their own, without seeking their doctor’s ...

In the 1950s and ‘60s, Americans scrambled to find safe places to shelter, during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, when Russian nuclear rockets, less than 100 miles from the Florida coast, were poised to launch toward the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 21, 2020 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, reports that, at the end of last year, Jamaica had 389 criminal gangs, a slight increase over the 381 recorded in 2018. Tabling the report of the ...

KINGSTON Jamaica May 19, 2020 — The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has established measures to facilitate licensed retail herb houses to sell to their qualified customers from online platforms. According to the CLA, the established interim measures are in support ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica May 19, 2020 — Come June 1, employees, who have been working from home, since March, as part of measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), will be allowed to return to work. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, also indicated ...