LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood and say their success points to a future where much-needed livers and other transplant organs could be made in a laboratory. While it may take another 10 y...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Guyana’s dismal record on maternal mortality would have contributed to the near-fail the region received on this target when the 2013 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report was released on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. While Latin America and the Carib...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - GOVERNMENT MAY eventually have to cough up $64 million dollars for the clean-up of the former Mobil Oil Refinery site at Needham’s Point. But the legal team representing the Canadian company originally hired to clean up the site believe Government’s c...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - HAD Government’s Medium Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) not been implemented, the fiscal adjustment which now has to be made of four per cent or close to $400 million, would be times higher. This assertion from Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Chris Sinc...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - History will be created in Barbados when the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) grants institutional accreditation status to one of the island’s tertiary educational providers – the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC). The Open Campus wi...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In an effort to curb the growing level of obesity in this island, the Ministry of Health has started talks with several fast food restaurants with the intent of having healthier foods placed on their menus. Senior Medical Health Officer (CNCDs), Dr. Kenneth George,...

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 4, CMC – The police say they have found potentially damning evidence allegedly linking ex-National Football (NFL) star Aaron Hernandez in the execution-style murder of Antiguan-born, semi-professional football player, Odin Lloyd. On Wednesday, Massachusetts State P...

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 37 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba. On Wedneday, the Coast Guard said crewmembers aboard the cutter Margaret Norvell repatriated the Cubans the day before “as a result of four separate interdicti...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Premier Craig Cannonier has pledged to give St George's, Bermuda's second town, a facelift. On a recent fact finding tour, Cannonier, visited the town which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site,  to take a look at the town’s crumbling infrastructure. He ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Industry insiders believe old-fashioned attitudes about the lucrative gay marriage market are costing Bermuda millions of dollars in tourism revenue. They have warned that Bermuda is losing out as same-sex unions become the norm in the western world, the Bermuda Sun newspape...