Educator decries parents who encourage alcohol consumption Dominica News Online – Thursday, June 18th, 2015 at 8:59 AM Some of the students who took part in the anti-alcohol consumption program Educator at the Goodwill Primary School, Julienne Martin, is lamenting the fact that some parents in Dominica think that it is alright for children…
by Alice Park A study hints that exercise may offset some of the negative health effects of drinking Drinking in moderation isn’t necessarily a bad thing; some research, especially in the area of heart disease, suggests that alcohol may even provide some benefits. But most studies on alcohol and health outcomes—like death from heart…
NEWSDAY By RALPH BANWARIE Monday, November 10 2014 FIVE people are to be taken before a Sangre Grande magistrate today charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of illegal drugs and throwing missiles. The arrests were made on the weekend by Sangre Grande Police following a road traffic exercise in the Cumuto district…
Marketing and advertising to be reviewed Anna-Lisa Paul Published: Thursday, August 21, 2014 The high incidence of people being addicted to legal drugs in T&T are alarming and has prompted the Ministry of Health to begin formulating a national alcohol policy to review the advertising and marketing of alcoholic beverages to the public. Making the announcement…
NEWSDAY Thursday, January 8 2015 A comprehensive security operational plan will be in effect for Carnival 2015, says National Security Minister Gary Griffith. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Griffith said the Ministry was already working in collaboration with bandleaders and fete promoters to ensure that every Carnival event this year takes place under high…
February 13, 2014 THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) in collaboration with the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), yesterday, concluded a two-day seminar on the implementation of a standardised data collection system for Drug and Alcohol Treatment agencies in the Caribbean.Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee opened…
Trinidad Guardian Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Police inspect a wrecked dump truck and Nissan B14 following an accident along the Churchill- Roosevelt Highway, Trincity, yesterday. Three people escaped with their lives after a dump truck hit the car from behind then landed on top it. PHOTO: ANDY HYPOLITE Road safety NGO Arrive Alive has…
Jamaica Observer July 7, 2015 KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ministry of Health, through the National Strategic and Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of non-communicable diseases (2013-2018), plans to reduce the harmful consumption of alcohol by three per cent by 2018. The plan has been approved by Cabinet. This was stated by Health…
Caribbean 360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Friday October 31, 2014, CMC – A newspaper journalist will return to court on January 5, next year after refusing to take a breathalyser test and for failing to have proper control of a motor vehicle. Political reporter Anna Ramdass, 31, appeared before Senior Magistrate Rae Roopchand on the charges, but…
NEWSDAY Friday, October 10 2014 BUSINESSMAN Shaun Sammy, son of local contractor Junior Sammy, has pleaded guilty to the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol and will be sentenced by a Port-of-Spain Magistrate on December 2. Sammy, whose father was in court for his son’s brief hearing before Magistrate Marissa Gomez, was stopped…
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