Definitieve resultaten van de achtste volkstelling in Suriname gepubliceerd

ABS-directeur Iwan Sno presenteert de definitieve resultaten van de census. (Foto: Raoul Lith) Het Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek (ABS), heeft de definitieve resultaten van de achtste volkstelling in Suriname gepresenteerd. Directeur Iwan Sno merkte op dat de marrongemeenschap gegroeid is met 62% procent. Dit heeft volgens hem mogelijk te …

Latin American/Caribbean People Live Longer, Not Healthier

According to the World Bank, people in Latin America and the Caribbean live longer but suffer from a large array of non-communicable diseases, chronic conditions, smoking, and road traffic deaths. High-blood pressure is just one of the chronic conditions now plaguing Latin America, creating an increasing burden to health in …

Caribbean Water Supplies Severely Threatened By Climate Change, Scientists Warn

Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean – the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region. Rising sea levels could contaminate supplies of fresh water and changing climate patterns could result in less rain to supply …

Movie Star Bolt?

Hollywood star Samuel L. Jackson is hoping to lure Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt off the track and on to the big screen for the 2014 movie The Secret Service, Jamaica’s Gleaner reports. Except for lead spots in commercials for his sponsors such as Puma, Gatorade and Digicel, the world’s …

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