2009
27
Apr
The island’s ports of entry have been put on alert for travellers arriving from Mexico, the US and Canada where human cases of Swine Flu have been confirmed, Health Minister Rudyard Spencer said yesterday.
“We have put the airport on alert and we are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism to ensure that infected [...]
2009
27
Apr
GENEVA (AP) – Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu Sunday as global health officials considered whether to raise the global pandemic alert level.
Nations from New Zealand to Spain also reported suspected cases and some warned citizens against travel to North America while others planned quarantines, tightened rules on pork [...]
2008
15
Aug
Beijing’s health authorities distributed 400,000 free condoms in over 400 hotels in the Olympic city in a bid to raise awareness of safe sex and AIDS prevention, state media reported on Friday.
The condoms were placed in rooms in hotels rated three stars and above, Jin Dapeng, director of Beijing’s municipal health bureau, told the [...]
2008
14
Aug
NEWS FLASH!! — China customs sieze package that was intended for the Jamaican Olympic team!! A 200 kilo shipment of suspected PED’s (Performance Enhancing Drugs) addressed to the Jamaican track team at the Olympic Village in Beijing, was siezed by authorites at the Wong Hung Lo docks early this morning. Coming on the heels [...]
2008
12
Aug
The Sydney Olympics ran out. Athens doubled the number. So organizers of the Beijing Games are hoping 100,000 condoms will satisfy the needs of Olympic athletes.
While sex is not an Olympic sport it is expected to be an activity in the Beijing village housing 10,500 athletes, all of whom are in great shape and with [...]
2008
30
Jul
Beijing Olympics 2008
Olympic-themed condom adverts have been released in China to coincide with the start of the 2008 Beijing Games.
The cheeky adverts, which depict stick-man athletes using condoms as apparatus in Olympic events, have become a viral sensation in China.
The contraceptives prove themselves remarkably versatile, standing in as bicycle wheels, basketball nets, [...]