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Concrete houses are reduced to rubble in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, on Thursday (Jan.14) led a team to the island, which included Opposition Leader the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, to view the devastation firsthand. Haitians walk among the rubble from collapsed buildings in capital Port-au-Prince. Prime Minister, Hon....

Reginald and Keisha Hird, regarded as the first Jamaican parents of quadruplets, and their children, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding at Jamaica House in Kingston on Friday (January 15). The visit was less than two weeks before the second birthday of the four girls - Ruth-Anne, Isabelle, Gabrielle and Annabelle - who were delivered...

Jamaica has been designated the centre through which the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) relief intervention for earthquake-hit Haiti will be channelled. Addressing journalists at a media briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston on Friday (January 15), Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, disclosed that this decision was reached during a meeting of CARICOM representatives hosted by Prime Minister the...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, gets a quick briefing from United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, as they walk to the VIP Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Saturday night (January 16). Mrs. Clinton stopped at the airport on her way from earthquake torn Port-au-Prince, Haiti,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding told members of the national netball team, the Sunshine Girls, on Friday (January 15), that their greater cause for celebration is not their new home, The Sunshine Chalet, but their success as a team. "It is the efforts that you have made, the courage that you have shown, and the joy that you have...

The Air Jamaica aircraft which took home a number of Jamaicans who had been stranded in Haiti since Tuesday's (Jan 12) earthquake, on the tarmac at the Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, after returning Saturday morning. A Jamaican mother hugs her young baby as she walks across the tarmac at the Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, after being brought home...

More than 30 individuals stranded in Haiti, following Tuesday's earthquake in the French-speaking country, arrived home on Friday (January 15), as the Government commenced airlifting home Jamaicans from Port-au-Prince. Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, confirmed that those returning home on one of two Air Jamaica rescue flights included 23 Digicel employees, four employees of the Jamaica Civil...

An emergency centre has been established at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), 2-4 Haining Road, New Kingston, to coordinate relief assistance generated locally for Haiti. Speaking at a media briefing at Jamaica House on Friday (January15), Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that ODPEM would be responsible for streamlining all forms of assistance...

The Government has suspended all aviation fees associated with Haiti relief until further notice. At a press conference at Jamaica House in Kingston on January 15, Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz, said that Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding had approved this measure as airports on the island of Hispaniola were operating at capacity. "We have gone further...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has joined the national effort to provide assistance to Haiti, following the devastation caused by a massive earthquake, which struck the southern section of that island on Tuesday, January 12. Chief Executive Officer Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe, is urging Jamaicans to support the cause, by making their contribution to the agency's collection drive, which begins today...

Earthquake-ravaged Haiti as well as the charity 'Hear the Children's Cry' will benefit from the proceeds of this year's National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), which will be held on January 21. Secretary of the NLPB Committee, Bishop Stanley Clarke, speaking at today's (January 15) press launch held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, explained that "with the recent situation...

The Westmoreland Parish Council has added its support to the Haiti earthquake relief effort, opening a bank account where persons can make monetary donations. At yesterday's (Jan. 14) meeting of the Council held in Savanna-la-mar, His Worship the Mayor Councillor Bertel Moore, pledged $10,000 of his own money to the fund. He told JIS News that the Council has seen...