BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Former Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson blasted the decision by the United Nations to invoke “legal immunity” for rejecting compensation claims by some 5,000 Haitian victims of cholera. “It is simply appalling, a most reprehensible behavior… for the U.N. to claim such immunity,” Patterson told the Jamaica Observer in a telephone [...]
Jamaica PM Portia Simpson Miller Appoints Team to Tackle Looming Food Crisis
August 28, 2012 | Posted by
THE Portia Simpson Miller Cabinet has established a committee to formulate Jamaica’s response to the possibility of a significant increase in food prices, stemming from the severe drought affecting sections of the United States. What has been described as the worst drought since the 1930s has been scorching crops and farmlands in US midwestern states, [...]
Prime Minister Portia Miller Simpson on Jamaica 50
August 6, 2012 | Posted by
Jamaica celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 6. The first and largest (pop. 3 million) of 10 Caribbean islands to win independence from Britain, Jamaica has a lot to fete: it’s kept up a working, uninterrupted democracy, no mean feat for any former colony. Institutions like the University of the West Indies have gained international respect. [...]
