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Bolt smashes world record |
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Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
 NEW YORK CITY, New York – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt smashed the 100-metre
world record on Saturday night, when he clocked 9.72 seconds to win at
the Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium.
Bolt erased the previous mark of 9.74 seconds set by fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell last September in Rieti.
The 21-year-old World Championship 200-metre silver medalist, in Japan
last year, dominated the event from the start and won ahead of a pair
of American sprinters -- reigning World Champion Tyson Gay (9.85) and
Darvis Patton (10.07).
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Fall in demand for gas could impact oil prices |
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
National and international economists have been cautiously observing
the decline in the price of oil on the world market. Since Monday oil
price has fallen from a high of $135.09 per barrel to just under $127
on Wednesday.
The keenness in which consumers of oil, especially consumers of
gasoline, have been looking at the price decline gives real meaning to
the proverb, “A drowning man clutches to a straw.” However, the
decline in oil prices doesn’t indicate that a trend is setting in, as
over the past few months the level of oil prices has been erratic.
Neither are there signs that the fall in oil prices will be reflected
in the price of gas.
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
After a devastating cyclone, which left 22,500 persons in Myanmar
(formerly Burma) dead and another 40,000 nursing wounds, aid is finally
tricking in.
The military-ruled country has been slow to allow international
assistance following the Cyclone Nargis, which left about 1 million
people homeless.
Aid agencies and governments are waiting in the wings to provide water
purification tablets, plastic sheeting, basic medical kits, bed nets
and food – some of the basic necessities, but the ruling military force
is still skittish about trusting outside help. The devastation is too
much to be handled locally, so the country needs to accept the
international relief on a wide scale to alleviate the country’s
disaster, UN officials are saying.
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Haiti's international debt cancelled |
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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
WASHINGTON - The United States' House of Representatives has
unanimously passed an amendment calling for the cancellation of Haiti's
international debt.
The legislation, piloted by Florida Democratic Congressman Alcee
Hastings, directs the US Secretary of the Treasury to work with
international financial institutions to provide debt cancellation to
low-income countries.
"With the passage of my amendment, Congress goes on record supporting
the cancellation of Haiti's international debt to help alleviate
poverty and increase stability throughout the country," Hastings said
in a statement.
"This is an important initial step toward finally freeing Haiti from its onerous debt.
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US, CARICOM respond to Haiti’s crisis |
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 |
As
the food crisis escalates in Haiti,
South Floridians are urged to come to its aid
in an effort to alleviate the crisis levels in the struggling nation. Reverend Jesse Jackson, who visited Miami’s Haitian community on Sunday, to raise awareness of
the food crisis, made an appeal to South Floridians and the U.S. and plans to lead a delegation to Haiti within
weeks to bring assistance to the poor.
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