Latin America – Woman hit by truck in Jamaica (YourNabe.com)
Woman hit by truck in Jamaica (YourNabe.com)
A pedestrian was in critical condition Thursday morning after she was struck by a cement truck at the intersection of Sutphin and Linden boulevards in Jamaica, police said.
Jamaica woman plunges to death at Queens Center Mall: Police (YourNabe.com)
A Jamaica woman plummeted four stories to her death inside the Queens Center Mall last week in an apparent suicide, authorities said.
Jamaica H.S. poised to win landmark status (Queens Chronicle)
Jamaica High School, atop a hill at 167-01 Gothic Drive, recently received preliminary landmark status to preserve its neo-Georgian Revival exterior. (photo by Michael O’Kane)
Haiti deserves TPS designation (Miami Herald)
Since the early days of the Carter administration, the United States has detained Haitians who arrived by sea and overwhelmingly denied them asylum. Haitians on the high seas have often been interdicted and returned to Haiti.
U.S. and Canadian groups oppose elections in Haiti (cmi valparaíso)
Over dozen members of the San Francisco Bay Area Haiti Action Committee confront the former Head of the U.N. Mission in Haiti Juan Gabriel Valdés last year when he visited UC Berkeley to gloss over his record of injustices.
Police search for answers in Jamaica party slay (YourNabe.com)
Police were continuing to search for a killer who they say shot a man inside a Jamaica house during a party early Saturday morning.
Jamaica to train, send unemployed to US, Canada (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Jamaica plans to train laid-off workers for jobs in agriculture, hospitality and construction in the U.S. and Canada through a work-abroad program.
Jamaica hopes to grow rice for local consumption (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Jamaica hopes to start producing its own rice by year’s end and lessen its dependence on grain imports. Agriculture Minister Christopher Tufton says government scientists are examining seven varieties of rice to decide which is best suited for the island’s soil.
Poll projects low voter turnout in Haiti: Protests banned (cmi valparaíso)
Whether or not the polling information and conclusions of the Haiti Priorities Project are correct, the upcoming elections in Haiti are shaping up to be the first real foreign policy debacle of the Obama administration since it took office.
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