INCARCERATED dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel was rushed to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St Andrew yesterday, after complaining of excruciating pain. Tom Tavares-Finson, the deejay's lawyer, confirmed the incident to the Jamaica Observer yesterday. “I was informed by the prison authorities this morning...
Cuba has sent doctors to several Caribbean islands ravaged by Hurricane Irma. More than 750 health workers have arrived in Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Lucia, the Bahamas, Dominica and Haiti. They have been told to follow the guidelines of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap)...
President Donald Trump yesterday promised federal assistance to storm-ravaged parts of Texas, insisting Congress will act swiftly on a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey recovery package as the government signalled current funds will be exhausted in the next few weeks. “I think it'll happen very quickly,” Trump said...
The head of the US office for disaster preparedness urged residents of Texas Friday to get out of the path of Hurricane Harvey, warning of an impending "disaster" from the powerful storm. "Texas is about to have a very significant disaster," said Brock Long, director of...
The death toll from the flood and mudslide disaster that struck Sierra Leone's capital in mid-August now exceeds 500 and 810 people are listed as missing, the government said Thursday. "The death toll has risen slightly above 500," Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh said at a...