Minister Lovell Shares Details on ABI Bailout
Antigua St John's - Minister of Finance, Economy, and Government Administration Harold Lovell has revealed further details on the bailout of the Antigua and...
Patricia Bath, Leading Ophthalmologist
Born in New York City on November 4, 1942, Patricia Bath became the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology in 1973....
Lewis Howard Latimer – Patent Expert
L
ewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, to parents who had fled slavery. Latimer learned the art of mechanical...
Bankstown forum slams income management plan, Australia
Compulsory income management of disadvantaged welfare recipients was slammed by speakers at a forum at the Bankstown Arts Centre on April 11.
The forum, organised...
100 Teachers Enriched By Digicel Foundation, JA
OCHO RIOS, St Ann:DIGICEL FOUNDATION and the Ministry of Education chose Ocho Rios, St Ann, as the location to continue its enrichment initiative for...
H2Oh, Gross! Water problem in JA
WILLIAMSFIELD, St Catherine:UNHEALTHY. That's how some residents of Cocoa Walk in Williamsfield in north-east St Catherine describe the water from a spring which runs...
Poverty Crisis In Jamaica
Almost half a million Jamaicans are living in poverty, 130,000 of whom are not benefiting from the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education...
Ignoring Homeless Families (USA)
More than one-third of Americans who use shelters annually are parents and their children. In 2011, that added up to more than 500,000 people.
According...
Roundtable on Global Poverty: Innovation and Technology for Development
Several staff members and scholars from the Global Economy and Development program have traveled to Aspen, Colorado for the annual Brookings Blum Roundtable—an off-the-record...
Ronald McDonald House Charities Partners with The Hunger Project
Over 7 million children will die this year before reaching their fifth birthday -- most are from developing countries and their deaths are largely...
