As hapless Haiti continues to reel from the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake which has claimed an estimated thousands of lives and flattened infrastructure, a question that comes readily to mind is: what is it about January and the region ...
THE ISLAND recorded a marginal decline in the number of road fatalities last year but traffic accidents still continued to eat up a large chunk of the money allocated to the health sector.Data released yesterday by the National Road Safety Council...
AP:Scammers emerge as predictably as earthquake aftershocks following natural disasters, making it imperative for consumers to be wary of unsolicited appeals to aid victims in Haiti. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and security experts warned...
There are growing concerns about the possibility of the outbreak of several diseases in Haiti in the wake of Tuesday's devastating earthquake. Bodies in the streets stink and are unattended to, little if any clean water...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has, in principle, approved Jamaica's request for a US$1.3-billion standby agreement. However, the deal will still need the stamp of approval of the executive board of the fund before Jamaica begins to draw down on the money...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): Doctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams flew to this devastated land of dazed, dead and dying people yesterday, finding bottlenecks everywhere, beginning at a main airport short on jet fuel and ramp space...
Key stakeholders in the financial sector yesterday warned the Bruce Golding administration that they would not let his Government off the hook if it fails to deliver on its promise of a prudent fiscal-management programme to supplement...
In a release yesterday, Digicel explained that it was deeply saddened by, and concerned about, the devastation caused by Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, which killed two of its employees. Digicel's Turgeau building in Port-au-Prince withstood...
World Bank - The World Bank announced yesterday that it would provide an additional US$100 million in emergency grant funding to support recovery and reconstruction Haiti.The bank is also sending experts to work with the government...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has asked the nation for one more big push as the Government tries to get the train called Jamaica back on the right track. While outlining the much-talked-about debt-exchange programme and the Government's medium-term economic plan...
Western Bureau: While most of them were fed up with the impoverished state of life when they fled Haiti for Jamaica, several members of the local Haitian community said they would gladly return to their homeland at this time to assist relief efforts...
Kern's defence to analyse phones - Lawyers representing North East St Elizabeth Member of Parliament Kern Spencer yesterday secured a victory in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, when sitting magistrate Judith Pusey ruled they should have...
Critical Government and non-governmental agencies and prominent private-sector organisations were jolted into feverish philanthropic action yesterday to assist earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Information out of the devastated island was hard to come by...
Leaders in Jamaica have all come out to express shock and sadness about the plight in which Haiti now finds itself. Office of the Prime Minister - The people of Jamaica extend deep sympathy to the people of our neighbour Haiti who are currently suffering...
Contractor General Greg Christie yesterday disclosed that his office had turned over to the Fraud Squad 74 exhibits of evidence on the suspected National Housing Trust (NHT) contract scam.Christie disclosed that 41...
IT'S UNCLEAR where they are from and who they represent but since the start of the year they have descended on Ocho Rios almost with a vengeance.Youth, shouting "Cash fi gold!" and offering the seemingly hefty price of between...
Don't approach sugar sentimentally - Tufton - Clarendon: AGRICULTURE MINISTER Dr Christopher Tufton has said sentiments could not keep the sugar industry afloat but argued that the focus must be on sustainable economic endeavour....
Education Minister Andrew Holness says his ministry is to review the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination to assess its relevance to Jamaican students. According the Holness, the existing exam system, which has been used for years...
An act of extortion gone bad is said to be one of the contributors to the death of a male student. Dead is Theodore Skully, 16, of Central Village, St Catherine.Reports from the police are that about...
The United States (US) Government is stepping up its pressure on Jamaica to sign the extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. A senior US State Department official yesterday made it clear that almost five months after ...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the nation today as the Government prepares to outline the details of its latest plan to rescue the economy and convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend the country US$1.3 billion...
The turmoil that currently exists at the Arnett Gardens Football Club worsened yesterday when tragedy struck during a training session at the Little Copa Beach in Bull Bay. The team's 19-year-old defender, Nico Collins, developed breathing complications...
Touched by several heart-rending cases of children dying at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, international reggae superstar Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell, the man behind the Shaggy and Friends Make A Difference Foundation, disclosed that he was happy to help...
Rescue plans - The United States and France are preparing to dispatch emergency aid to Haiti amid reports that relief efforts were being hampered by major damage to the airport in Port-Au-Prince....
The trial of 86-year-old consultant botanist George Proctor, who is charged with conspiracy to murder his wife and three other women who lived at their house, began yesterday in the Home Circuit Court. Proctor, an American,...
