San Juan, Oct 24 (EFE).- A 14-month-old boy tested positive for marijuana in a toxicology exam Friday at a San Juan hospital where was admitted after his parents became concerned that he was sleeping too much. The child “is in stable condition,” but remains under observation, Puerto Rico Police Department spokeswoman Karen Lee Torres told Efe. The parents, both 33, ...

Sao Paulo, Oct 24 (EFE).- Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras on Friday announced a new natural gas and condensate find in deep waters off the coast of the southeastern state of Espirito Santo. Petrobras made the discovery in the Golfinho block after drilling a well in a part of the Atlantic Ocean that has a water depth of 1,319 meters ...

San Juan, Oct 23 (EFE).- Adolescent girls in theBahamasare usually more aggressive in a dating relationship than their male partners, according to a study published by the International Journal of Bahamian Studies. The College of theBahamasand theBahamasCrisis Center analyzed the results of a survey of more than 1,000 students ages 15-18 at eight high schools in New Providence, the most-populous ...

San Juan, Oct 23 (EFE).- The World Bank is encouraging Caribbean governments to create more partnerships with the private sector and to “leverage young talents” as ways to stimulate economic growth. “The global financial crisis exposed the fragility of the Caribbean region,” the bank’s vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jorge Familiar, said Thursday at the 2014 High ...

An investigation into the Caribbean Airlines crash in Guyana four years ago has found that pilot error was the cause for the plane running off the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). The probe found that the plane touched down at approximately 4,700 feet of the 7,448 feet long runway or about 1,700  feet beyond the runway touch ...

BY  Larry Celona, Jamie Schram, Shawn Cohen, Frank Rosario and Danika Fears (NEW YORK POST) A Harlem doctor who recently treated patients in Africa, tested positive for the deadly disease after he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with symptoms, including a 103-degree fever, sources told The Post. Craig Spencer, a 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders volunteer, began showing symptoms one night after he was out bowling in Brooklyn, police ...

Four persons have been arrested and two hand guns and ammunition seized, as police continued their probe into last Sunday’s shooting death of an electrical engineer outside his Prashad Nagar home. Investigators said that a suspect who was arrested on Wednesday in Sophia has led them to the arrest of three other men in Sophia. Police said they seized two ...

In southern Guyana near the border with Brazil, lightning shocked two school-age children and damaged a section of the house in which they are living. The two members of the Paulino family were rushed from their residence at St. Ignatius to the nearby Lethem Public Hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known. A Caribbean News Desk Citizen Reporter, who visited ...

As the Government of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit gets ready to rename the Melville Hall airport in Dominica next week Monday after late Prime Ministers Roosvelt Douglas and Pierre Charles, the Douglas family is opposed to the move. They claim that they were not consulted and it is disrespect to Roosevelt Douglas who died in office in 2000. Pierre Charles ...

In Guyana where a no-confidence motion is hanging over the President Donald Ramotar administration, it is unclear when the National Assembly will meet again. Now that the two-month parliamentary recess is over, sectoral and select committees are continuing their work but the House is yet to meet. This, despite calls mainly by the smaller Alliance For Change (AFC) party for ...