Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Sunday | January 18, 2009
IDB president to sign US$329m loan package
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) President Luis Moreno commences a two-day visit to Jamaica today to participate in the IDB's III Regional Forum on Violence Prevention and Citizen Security; sign three loan contracts with the Government, valued at US$329 million; and, hold talks with the Government on the bank's programme in Jamaica.
Mentally ill need homes - More than 800 live on the streets
POOR-RELIEF officials in Kingston are urging relatives of mentally-ill persons to give them more support in order to reduce their numbers on the streets.
MoBay homeless population increases
A recent survey coming out of the office of the Poor Relief Department at the St James Parish Council, on homelessness in St James, revealed that there are more than 100 homeless persons living in St James, most of whom populate the downtown area of Montego Bay.
Obama rides rails to capital as onlookers cheer
President-elect Barack Obama, tracing the train route Abraham Lincoln took nearly a century and a half earlier, undertook the final leg of his inaugural journey to the United States (US) capital yesterday, pledging to reclaim America's spirit, but also warning of steep challenges facing the country.
Israel ends Gaza offensive
Israel's leaders voted late yesterday to halt an offensive that has killed nearly 1,200 people, turned the streets and neighbourhoods of the Gaza Strip into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas.
