Students from two high schools and five primary schools in Barbados learned yesterday about the importance of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). They were reminded that science is part of everything they do, including something as simple as breathing.

This was part of the STEAM Learning Outreach Project, organized to celebrate the 70th anniversary of McGill’s Bellairs Research Institute, located at Folkestone Marine Park, Holetown, St. James.

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The government of Guyana is creating a national database to make it easier to distribute future cash grants. This is part of the ongoing registration process for the $100,000 cash grant initiative, says the government in a press release on its web site.

The Guyanese government’s $100,000 cash grant is for every citizen aged 18 and over, not just heads of households. Initially, the plan was to provide $200,000 per household, but this was changed to $100,000 per adult to ensure fairness and simplicity.

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Hundreds of years ago Spanish conquistadors massacred the locals to steal huge amount of gold from native Peruvians.

Now the search for the prized yellow metal continues to cause misery in the South American nation as illegal gold mining by criminal gangs is destroying the rainforest, polluting rivers with mercury, and ruining the livelihoods of local communities.

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The United States is facing a growing shortage of registered nurses as the baby boomer generation ages, increasing the demand for health care.

The freeze has raised concerns among healthcare professionals, as foreign nurses constitute about 15% of the U.S. nursing workforce. This is relatively few compared to 30% of nurses in the UK being foreign-born, but it could still have a significant effect on health care in the US.

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TRAVEL by Eric Mackenzie Lamb A few weeks ago, while writing about the genocide in Rwanda, I couldn’t help but think of a similar situation, although to a lesser degree, in Sri Lanka. I had met Waran Rawan, who was a Tamil, and who had fled the conflict and had been granted refugee status by […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders The election of a new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), scheduled for March 10, 2025, represents a pivotal moment not only for the organization but also for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). For the first time, the 14 CARICOM member states are unified in their […]

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Charlestown, Nevis – During the Nevis Island Assembly budget debate held on December 5, Senator the Honourable Jahnel Nisbett, Minister of Health, Gender Affairs and Social Empowerment in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), lauded the Ministry of Health for its remarkable achievements in 2023 and outlined ambitious plans for 2025, emphasizing the ongoing commitment to […]

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Charlestown, Nevis – The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) has recorded a significant improvement in its fiscal performance for 2024, with increased revenue and a notable reduction in total expenditure.   The Honourable Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance, presented these achievements during the 2024 Budget Address delivered on December 3, 2024, in […]

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis today, Thursday, 05 December 2024, proudly unveiled the winning entry for the Citizen Security Logo Contest during the “Beyond the 90 Days” forum. The event, which presented findings from the 90-Day Campaign Against Crime and Violence From a Public Health Perspective, was hosted by […]

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Basseterre, St. Kitts — The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, through the Citizen Security Secretariat, today unveiled the findings of its groundbreaking 90-Day Campaign Against Crime and Violence. Launched on September 6, 2024, the campaign aimed to address the root causes of crime using a public health approach and foster holistic, community-driven solutions. The […]

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