News: Caribbean

Is the Caricom integration effort weakened by all countries not signing on to the CCJ - or is the CCJ just too tough to 'sell' in some countries?

UN chief wants to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti, UK black fathers urged to become more involved, and more.

TCI civil servants salary pay cut denounced, Ban Ki-moon gets a first hand look at the Haitian situation, and more.

Weeks after a scathing report on the Armadale fire tragedy surfaced, embattled Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett has been summoned before the Public Service Commission (PSC)....

Despite concerns that registered nurses might take industrial action in response to perceived foot-dragging of the Government on salary payments and a reclassification exercise, Nurses' Association of Jamaica...

FALMOUTH, Trelawny: New Trelawny Custos Paul Muschett will be officially installed on Thursday.The ceremony will be held in Falmouth's Water Square, starting at 2 p.m., with the pomp and pageantry supplied by the Jamaica...

The Tax Audit and Administration Department says it will close one hour later today at 14 tax offices in preparation for the usual large number of people expected to file their income-tax returns on the due date...

A mother is in a race against time to save the life of her ailing five-year-old who has been diagnosed with a string of medical complications.Lorna Smith told The Gleaner that since last year she has been pulling out all...

Crime and violence has been identified as the number one concern among adolescents and youth in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to a report from the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development. This matter was associated with poverty...

It was Rita Hilton's desire to provide grants for tertiary-level students, but she could only afford one at a time.When Hilton, of St Leonards in Westmoreland, told her friends about the concept...

A Sunday Gleaner investigation has revealed that three of the untreated water sources being frequented by the water trucks failed a standard bacteria test known in environmental health circles as multiple-tube fermentation.

Miller stands alone'Dudus' divides ChurchA matter for the courtsA great deal of desperate drivel has been recently spoken and written regarding the relationship between the Extradition Act and the Interception of Communications Act.

THE FACE-off between Washington and Kingston over reputed Tivoli Gardens enforcer Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has revived memories of similar clashes between the United States and countries in this region.

A decade into the 21st century and Jamaica still remains the land of wood and no piped water for more than 800,000 Jamaicans who are still not being served by the National Water Commission (NWC), the parish councils or private providers.

While you may not take a drinking glass to the untreated water sources, if the fluid, chilled with ice, is presented to you on a hot sunny day, you would not detect contamination with the naked eye. The water looks clean. But looks are sometimes deceiving.

The following is an excerpt from the recently published book Killing Streets and Community Revival, authored by Horace Levy, University of the West Indies research fellow and member of the mediation group Peace Management Initiative. See Part 2 in tomorrow's Gleaner.

Four years ago, the UWI and UNESCO teamed up to produce a series of public-interest videos, one of which was titled Seeing Red - The Science of Violence. In 11 short minutes, the video paints a compelling picture of how the seeds of the violent behaviour are sown in the earliest years of our lives.

A BARBADOS minister of government has moved to shut out toxic Jamaican dancehall music from his country.

ROSEAU, Dominica , Mar 12 (IPS) - As he travels back to his headquarters in Washington, World Bank president Robert Zoellick must be painfully aware that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have very strong feelings on the redevelopment of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake.