No benefits soon - Business leaders warn Obama's early focus won't help Jamaica
SOME OF Jamaica's civic leaders are warning that, with the United States facing its toughest economic crisis since the Great Depression, it could be some time before the island sees benefits from the policies of US President-elect Barack Obama. Obama, a Democrat, won...
JUTC to post missing children's photographs
With more than 700 children reported missing between January and September this year, The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is to begin posting photographs of missing children on its buses.Bindley Sangster, managing director of JUTC, made the announcement yesterday...
Rice congratulates Obama on victory
WASHINGTON, D.C.: An emotional Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday hailed the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the first black United States president as an "extraordinary step forward" in efforts to overcome racism....
Obama selects White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President-elect Barack Obama chose Illinois lawmaker Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief of staff, his first selection for the new administration, Democratic officials said yesterday...
Portia pushes for sex offences debate
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller is demanding that Parliament move swiftly to table and debate legislation to tackle sex offenders. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Simpson Miller said women and children were living in fear ...
I could not believe my eyes - Coco Tea
Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment CoordinatorBarack Obama's victory should now instil a higher level of confidence in Jamaicans, says reggae artiste Coco Tea who, through his musical tribute, had predicted a win for Obama several months before ...
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