AS THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) mobilises regional relief efforts to aid its Haitian neighbours, senior officials from Jamaica echoed fears of not finding any more survivors...
IN THE wake of Tuesday's catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, a number of companies, non-governmental organisations and groups, along with individuals, have been making contributions to the relief effort.
CLEARLY SHAKEN by the horrific spectacle of the devastation meted out to Haiti earlier this week, Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has rendered a heartfelt appeal for the women, the young, the elderly and the...
THE PARENT company of the Jamaican firm Red Stripe has shipped 45,000 pounds of food and emergency supplies to Haiti.This is part of a major relief effort launched by Diageo through its temporary Spirit of the Americas Fund and the Diageo's Giving for...
Bloomberg: THE MAGNITUDE 7.0 earthquake that occurred in Haiti may increase the likelihood of a future quake in Jamaica, according to seismologists who study geologic risk.
ANOTHER 35 Jamaicans stranded in Haiti are to return home today by special airlift.Information Minister, Daryl Vaz, said yesterday that the Jamaicans would return on a special Air Jamaica flight that was scheduled to depart Jamaica this morning with...
THE NATIONAL Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) committee has pledged to provide support to affected persons in Haiti through its charity funds from the Prayer Breakfast this year.
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...
