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Saturday, 27 December 2008 |
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Obama’s cabinet to work on new stimulus plan
While President-elect Barack Obama vacations in Hawaii with his family, his top advisors are working on a well needed stimulus plan that Obama wants to sign as soon as he takes office in January.
The plan, it is being reported could total between $675 to $775 billion dollars to be pumped into the U.S. economy which has been seeing a rapid decline evidenced by job losses and a decrease in spending.
Besides providing funding for public works projects like road and bridge construction and repairs, and mass-transit projects, the plan is expected to provide tax relief of some $150 billion for low and middle income workers. Obama is expected to receive a draft of the stimulus plan on his return from his vacation on January 2.
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Will Illinois Governor’s arrest affect Obama? |
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Sunday, 14 December 2008 |
 Illinois politicians, especially in Chicago, have long had the
reputation of swimming in murky political waters and Tuesday’s arrest
of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich seems to confirm just that.
The 52-year-old governor, who had been wiretapped, was arrested by the
FBI early Tuesday morning for allegedly trying to sell president-elect
Barack Obama’s recently vacated senate seat. Though incidental, there
is already an Obama link. The question is: Will this affect the
president-elect?
In a statement at a press conference on Tuesday Obama said, "Obviously,
like the rest of the people of Illinois, I am saddened and sobered by
the news that came out of the U.S. attorney's office today. But as this
is an ongoing investigation ….. I don't think it would be appropriate
for me to comment… at this time."
US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald also said that there is no evidence of
any association between Obama and the governor in this matter; yet, it
appears that the Republican National Party is trying to make a
political issue of the situation.
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
The nation’s governors have joined the line of entities – banks,
automobile companies, insurance companies, etc. – that are seeking
financial help from the government.
At a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect
Joe Biden on Tuesday, the National Governors Association indicated that
the nation’s governors need some $136 billion to fund "ready-to-go
projects," like water and sewer projects and building roads and
bridges. In addition they want another $40 billion to go toward
Medicaid programs.
Most states across the country have been experiencing rising
unemployment, declining tax revenue, increased demand for state
services, and serious budget shortfalls.
Obama and Biden told the governors that the federal government needs to
build a deeper relationship with them in order to put America on the
path to long-term prosperity.
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
Despite pressure from the international and local human rights groups,
the House of Representatives voted convincingly to retain the death
penalty in Jamaica, last week.
Parliament voted 34 to 15 to keep the death penalty on the books, as
specified in the Offences Against the Person Act, smashing efforts from
Jamaicans for Justice, Amnesty International and other civil rights
groups, to sway parliamentarians. Ten members including Opposition
Leader, Portia Simpson Miller were absent.
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Family of trampled WalMart temp may sue |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
The family of a 34 year-old Haitian American who died at a WalMart
store on Black Friday may sue the conglomerate, according to reports.
WalMart temporary worker, Jdimytai Damour of Queens, NY according to an
autopsy on Monday, was in fact trampled to death at the doors of a
WalMart store.
Nassau Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey told reporters that Damour of Queens, NY died of ‘positional asphyxiation’.
Damour, who was in a reception area of the Green Acres Mall, Valley
Stream store early on Black Friday, the traditional after Thanksgiving
sale day, when hundreds of bargain hungry shoppers broke through the
exterior doors, knocked him down and trampled all over him, according
to the police.
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