By GFBC Staff: “The entire JCF family deeply regrets this incident, and we want to apologise to the family of the person involved and all decent citizens of Jamaica. I will take every action necessary to prevent any future occurrence and I am asking citizens to be courageous, strong, and alert,” Ellington said.
BY GFBC Staff: The presidential election is a chance to rebuild ties between Haiti’s struggling government and its discouraged donors
By GFBC Staff: PADF is a non-profit organization established in 1962 to promote, facilitate, and implement social and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the past year, more than 5.6 million people in 18 countries benefited from PADF’s programs.
By GFBC Staff: ean, who lives in New York, is founder of the humanitarian Yele Haiti Foundation and has played a prominent role in securing aid after the January 12 earthquake leveled much of the capital city Port-au-Prince.
Posted By GFBC Staff: “… We have an extradition treaty that has worked well between the US government and the Government of Jamaica … . It has not been our practice to talk about individual extradition requests. We don’t expect that to change,” he told journalists.
Posted By GFBC Staff: According to reports emanating from Jamaica on Tuesday, that island’s Ministry of Health is spending millions to prevent a dengue outbreak. The Jamaica Gleaner reported that the ministry has been fogging, clearing breeding sites and carrying out public education programmes in some 300 communities nationwide.
Posted By GFBC Staff: Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud openly alluded to suspected cases – in his own ministry – of corrupt practices, associated attempts to bribe public officers, failure to deliver contracts to agreed specifications and attempts to interfere with monitoring procedures.
By GFBC Staff: Most of the US$3.1 billion pledged for humanitarian aid has paid for field hospitals, plastic tarps, bandages, and food, plus salaries, transportation and upkeep of relief workers.
Posted By GFBC Staff: nc. has issued a voluntary recall nationwide of the dietary supplement, Vialipro, sold in 10-capsule packages and used for sexual enhancement.
The company issued the voluntary recall of the supplement after it learned from the Food and Drug Administration that lab analysis found it contained Sulfoaildenafil, an analogue of Sildenafil, an FDA-approved drug used as treatment for male erectile dysfunction, according to the Health Department’s release.
By GFBC Staff: THE curfew which has been imposed in sections of the Kingston Eastern Division since 4:00 am Tuesday has been extended. The curfew, which is incorporated in the State of Emergency, will remain in effect until 12:00 tonight.
