Category Archives: News: Headlines
Watch Linkage Radio On iPhone and iPad
The Ustream iPhone Viewing Application is now available in the Apple App Store. The Ustream iPhone Viewing Application was pending approval from Apple and was approved in time for the inauguration. Now any iPhone owner can watch the inauguration from … Continue reading
The President on Haiti: "The First Waves of our Rescue and Relief Workers are on the Ground and at Work"
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 14, 2010 Remarks by the President on Recovery Efforts in Haiti Diplomatic Reception Room 10:10 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I’ve directed my administration to launch … Continue reading
In a Moment of Hope
Resident walk next to a dead body after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. What makes the apocalyptic earthquake that ravaged Haiti on Jan. 12 especially “cruel and incomprehensible,” as U.S. President Barack Obama put it, is that it struck at … Continue reading
Haiti Earthquake: Thousands Feared Dead
Dawn is supposed to bring hope. But today — sunlight revealed hundreds of dead in the streets of Port-Au-Prince. CBS News anchor Katie Couric reports parents have lost children, and children have lost their parents. Survivors not overcome with grief … Continue reading
Edward Kennedy Funeral Mass – President Obama Eulogy
Harlem Store Owner Shoots 4 Robbers, Killing 2
They strode into the restaurant supply store in Harlem shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, four young men intent on robbery, one with a Glock 9-millimeter pistol, the police said. The place may have looked like an easy mark, a … Continue reading
Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
August 11, 2009 BOSTON (AP) — President John F. Kennedy’s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family’s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by … Continue reading
New ID rules begin June 1 for Mexico, Canada trips
BLAINE, Wash. – New rules requiring passports or new high-tech documents to cross the United States’ northern and southern borders are taking effect Monday, as some rue the tightening of security and others hail it as long overdue. The rules … Continue reading
It's a date! President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle make first visit to New York City
The play’s the thing! Except when President Obama and the First Lady show up. Some of the loudest applause at “Joe Turner‘s Come and Gone” Saturday night was for the First Couple, who received a five-minute standing ovation from before the … Continue reading
Tragedy
ALEXANDRIA, St Ann – Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday ordered the closure of the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in this parish after a fire killed five wards of the state, injured 11 others and destroyed a dormitory at the all-girl … Continue reading
Manchester North East farmers want greenhouse technology
FREDA Fraser used to spend hours in the sun, ploughing the Manchester clay soil to plant cash crops, while anxiously hoping they would not be destroyed by heavy rain or drought. Last Wednesday, as heavy rains pounded the parish forcing … Continue reading
'A deal with the devil' Student speaks of students' loan ordeal
Hundreds of students camped outside the offices of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) offices in this file photo. – File STACI-ANN regrets going to the Students’ Loan Bureau for assistance to finance her tertiary education. She claims her peace of … Continue reading
Male teacher makes a difference
Kayson Jones, sole male teacher at St Patrick’s Primary School, converses with students during Boy’s/Career Day at the school in St Andrew on Thursday. – Norman Grindley/ Chief photographer With the absence of men in most households in Jamaica, Kayson … Continue reading
