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Good For Mice And Maybe Men: Easter Island Drug May Slow Down Aging.

A few years back a biologist who was studying how a new drug called Rapamycin affected aging in dogs was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder–a painful condition that makes it almost impossible to move the arm on the affected side. “It was really bad,” he recalls. He couldn’t get a good night’s sleep and couldn’t […]

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US To Guyana: We Have Your Back.

Guyana and the United States have further solidified their partnership through continuous collaboration and investments, bolstering ties across key sectors and contributing to significant economic and social advancements, says the Guyana Government news service. So, if Venezuela plans to invade Guyana, it is implied, it might have to deal with the US too. US Ambassador […]

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Could Former President Of Honduras Share Cell With Fahie?

The BBC has reported that Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who was convicted of drug crimes in a US federal court, has been handed a  45 years prison sentence for conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and possessing “destructive devices” including machine guns. Prosecutors in New York said he ran the Central […]

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Haitian PM Flies To US As Kenyan Cops Start Port-au-Prince Beat.

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille flew out of the besieged Caribbean nation yesterday, headed for Washington and New York City , just as squads of newly arrived  Kenyan cops began patrolling the city as part of the U.N.-backed mission to battle the numerous armed gangs that have overrun the capital for several months. Conille’s office […]

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Beryl Barrelling Towards Windward Islands.

Hurricane Beryl increased in strength again this morning into a Category 4 as it rips through the Windward Islands, endangering several small  islands with a potentiallly very dangerous tides, violent winds and torrential rains that may cause flash floods. Forecasts suggest that the storm will pass well to the south of St. Kitts and Nevis. […]

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CDEMA Delegation Meets With Acting Premier, Disaster Officials On Nevis Ahead Of CDM13 In St. Kitts And Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis – A delegation from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) visited Nevis on June 25, paying a courtesy call on Acting Premier the Honourable Eric Evelyn, and meeting with Minister responsible for Disaster Management the Honourable Spencer Brand and his team. Acting Premier Evelyn said Nevis is happy to collaborate with CDEMA and […]

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Haiti PM Vows To Take Control Of Haitian Territory, But Money And Resources Are Limited.

Haitian Prime Minister Gary Conille has sworn to take back control of the anarchic Caribbean nation, with the help of Kenyan and other multinational police forces. “We will reclaim control of the country, house by house, neighborhood by neighborhood, city by city,” Conille said Wednesday as his new police chief, Rameau Normil, stood at his […]

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Additional nine Community Wellness Centres offering Performance-Based Financing (PBF) Services

St. Lucia – Given the burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in Saint Lucia, the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs last year, implemented the Performance-Based Financing (PBF) Pilot Program, which provides screening and treatment services for these diseases. Under the PBF Pilot Program, people who are not Diabetic or Hypertensive will receive the services of […]

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