Jamaica Gleaner Caribbean
Published: Monday Tuesday | February 2, 2010
HAITI - Baptists may face trial in US
Haiti (AP): Haitian officials said yesterday they are thinking of sending 10 United States Baptists to the US for prosecution after they were arrested trying to take 33 children out of the country without government... Read More...
UNICEF on orphan-detection drive
UNITED NATIONS (CMC):The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is on a drive to identify and register thousands of children orphaned by the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti.Since last week, the agency and its... Read More...
Med flights soar again
HAITI (AP):The United States military has resumed urgent medical evacuation flights for Haitian quake victims, an official announced yesterday and life for survivors took a step towards normality as many schools reopened for the first time since an... Read More...
Light, phone rate hike
BARBADOS (CMC):Electricity and phone rates are set to increase in Barbados from March 1, nine months after a sizeable increase in water rates. Read More...
Disease hits banana sector
ST LUCIA (CMC):Agriculture officials have confirmed that black sigatoka, a dangerous fungal disease, has been discovered in St Lucia and threatens the struggling banana industry.Agriculture Minister Ezekiel Joseph said the dreaded disease was discovered... Read More...