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Trade Unions accuse PM of attacking Civil Servants
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- President of the Trade Union Federation (TUF) Julian Monrose has accused Prime Minister Kenny Anthony of attacking Civil Servants by accusing them of being greedy, unproductive and unpatriotic. The TUF President was responding to this weeks’ address to the nation in which Prime Minister Anthony outlined the islands fiscal situation in response to public servants demands…
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Former diplomat says Petrocaribe safe
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FORMER Jamaican Ambassador to Venezuela Clifton Stone thinks that as long as Hugo Chavez's socialist party remains in power there is no danger to the Petrocaribe oil agreement which benefits Jamaica. “The danger would arise if the Opposition prevails and elections are called and they are victorious,” Stone told the Jamaica Observer. “[Henrique] Capriles and the Opposition…
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Grenadians rush to voter registration offices
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that Parliament will be dissolved to make way for a General Election, hundreds rushed to voter registration offices island wide on Thursday morning. “Yes, we are getting reports that the sub offices are extremely business today,” said Supervisor of Elections Judy Benoit as she confirmed that persons begun gathering at…
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EDITORIAL – The IMF, Cabinet and the retreat
KINGSTON, Jamaica – We are not as concerned as most that Jamaica hasn't yet concluded a borrowing agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). For failure to conclude a deal will further narrow our options in the financial markets and perhaps force us into a cold-turkey kicking of our borrowing habit. Our greater fear is that the Government lacks the…
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Cabinet issues directive to complete IMF talks
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) last night indicated that Cabinet has received an update from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiating team and given directions for transmission to the IMF staff in order to bring about a conclusion to the negotiations. The update was received during day one of a special three-day meeting of the…
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PM underscores need to sign agreement with IMF
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says it is “necessary” for Jamaica to secure an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as her Cabinet ended the first day of a three-day meeting here. A brief statement issued at the end of the first day on Thursday said that Prime Minister Simpon Miller said the agreement with…
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Researchers Estimate That Haiti Can Quell Cholera Without Vaccinating Most People
Cholera could be contained in Haiti by vaccinating less than half the population, University of Florida researchers suggest in a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. The work places UF's Emerging Pathogens Institute in the pro-vaccination camp in an ongoing international debate over how best to contain the two-year-old epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives. The Centers for…
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Haiti Then And Now: 3 Years After The Earthquake
Evidence of loss remains even three years after a massive earthquake claimed the lives of as many as 200,000 people in Haiti. In the middle of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, there is a cathedral whose sun-washed walls reach into the sky where a roof used to be. A lone flagpole marks the spot where the National Palace, a symbol of Haiti's…
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Wake-up call for Haiti
Just in time for the third anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, Canada’s principal foreign aid minister, Julian Fantino, delivered a wake-up call to that country’s government by declaring that he was placing future foreign aid to Haiti “on ice” because he was not satisfied with its progress toward recovery. Given that Haiti would collapse without foreign assistance,…
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