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NEL declares $1.98b in profit
Posted: Monday, January 2, 2023

NEL declares $1.98b in profit
...State company to pay $0.18 final dividend

Deyalsingh: More focus on NCDs in 2023
NCDs are diseases that are not spread through infection or through other people, but are typically caused by unhealthy behaviour. Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease are some common NCDs.

Deyalsingh praises strides in maternal health care

Why early screening is so important
Prostate cancer: Screening saves lives, stressed Persaud. In 2010 some American experts spoke out against screening, as a result, there was an uptick in mortality and they have since had to amend their stance on screening. The large studies that have been done on thousands of men show that screenings do impact mortality and reduces mortality by as much as 44 per cent. A couple of years ago, around 30 Caribbean urologists were surveyed, most were in favour of screening.

Navigating the challenges of special-needs parenting
In most cases, it's not because parents/caregivers don't understand their children or are not trying hard enough, it is really because of the lack of support at a national level – an ill-prepared and ineffective education system; lack of public access to various therapies; and badly-structured public healthcare and social welfare systems.

Manzanilla beach house owners await compensation for property damage
The grants cover household items valued at $10,000, minor house repairs up to $20,000 and $15,000 in plumbing assistance.

The National Commission for Self-Help also provides a $25,000 emergency repairs/reconstruction assistance grant to citizens whose homes have been impacted by natural disasters.

Self Help also offers a minor repair reconstruction grant of $15,000 to families affected by natural disasters.

Bloody start to 2023 - 2 murders in Caroni; man found dead at home

Five more killings, including two murders in Marabella, Penal



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