Posted by Yardie Luke on October 29, 2010 under Agriculture | Comments are off for this article
Agricultural production is showing a 5.8 per cent increase for the July to September quarter, when compared with the corresponding period for 2009, with domestic food-crop production up by 13.5 per cent.
The figure represents a 16 per cent increase over the April to June quarter, which was plagued by severe drought.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr Christopher Tufton, who outlined the production figures for the period at his Hope Gardens headquarters in Kingston on Tuesday, commended the farmers, noting that “they are true heroes in all of this”.
“They are very resilient and extremely committed to what they do. This particular quarter is traditionally not a high-volume quarter; however, the data suggests that it was one of the most outstanding September quarters that we have had in the country and in the sector in a very long time,” he said.
Giving a breakdown of the figures, he said vegetable production increased by just over 15 per cent; Irish potato by 27 per cent; condiments, 19 per cent; and cereals, including rice, by 23 per cent. The only crop that showed a decline was the fruits group with a fall in production of 3.4 per cent, which was heavily influenced by a 31.5 per cent drop in papaya production.
Suffered decline
All the parishes had increased food production with St Elizabeth and Manchester, which had suffered decline in the April to June quarter, rebounding to register 16.5 per cent and five per cent growth, respectively.
Dr Tufton attributed the improvements to the Ministry’s productivity programme and response to the drought last quarter, to training from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, and the wetter-than-average summer.
He, however, cautioned that crop production for the fourth quarter will be faced with challenges from the damage caused by the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole last month.
Singer Gregory Isaacs, whose dapper outfits and smooth delivery made him reggae’s undisputed ‘Cool Ruler’, died yesterday in London after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 59.
Copeland Forbes, Isaacs’ manager since 2005, said the singer’s relatives in London contacted him by telephone and told him that he had passed away at a friend’s home.
Isaacs had racked up numerous hits in a 40-year career, including Love Is Overdue, All I Have Is Love, Soon Forward, Tune In and Night Nurse.
His career reached a high in the 1980s when he teamed with the Roots Radics Band to cut a series of lovers’ rock numbers like Front Door, Out Deh, Sad To Know (You’re Leaving) and Night Nurse. The latter was his biggest seller and signature tune, and was later covered by Mick Hucknall of British band Simply Red.
Though Love Is Overdue and All I Have Is Love made him a minor star, Isaacs got a major boost in 1979 when he recorded the self-produced Tune In with the Roots Radics, and Soon Forward, which was produced by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.
“Gregory’s voice and songwriting was wicked. He was one of those soulful singers you could listen to for hours,” Dunbar told The Gleaner yesterday.
Forbes said Isaacs was diagnosed with lung cancer while in London last year, but refused to have an operation. He was forced to cancel several shows in the United States because of to poor circulation in his legs, but was strong enough to honour dates in Argentina, California, and Britain this year.
His last performance was at the Big Chill Festival in England on August 8.
His final show in Jamaica was Pulse’s Studio 38 series in July.
Forbes, who has managed top artistes such as Peter Tosh and Dennis Brown, said Isaacs was a singer in the top drawer.
“He was right up there with the best. A great artiste, loved and respected by all,” Forbes said.
Isaacs was born in the west Kingston community of Fletcher’s Land in 1951, the elder of two sons for Enid Murray. He began recording in the late 1960s, going on to work with a number of producers, including Phil Pratt and Alvin Ranglin.
Pratt produced All I Have Is Love, while Ranglin was the man behind My Number One, Love Is Overdue and The Border. Isaacs also produced songs by other artistes for his African Museum label.
But even as international fame beckoned through a distribution deal with Island Records, Isaacs developed a troubling cocaine habit that resulted in multiple police arrests and court appearances and threatened to derail his career.
Despite his personal troubles, Isaacs was still making hit songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Rumours and Big All Around (with Dennis Brown) are two of those songs.
He experienced a renaissance in 1998 when Hucknall covered Night Nurse for Sly and Robbie’s Friends album, which won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1999. Hucknall’s version was a minor hit in Britain.
Isaacs is survived by wife June-Anne, mother, brother, Sylvester Weiss, 12 children, and six grandchildren.
Tributes
Gregory Isaacs has charted an indelible chapter in the annals of the development of Jamaica’s music, with his own unique style, and with timeless hits such asTune In, Top Ten, Night Nurse, The Border, Love Is Overdue, My Number One, Rumours, and so many others.
I mourn his loss as the minister responsible for culture, as a good friend of Gregory; and as a fan of good Jamaican music, and hope that his struggle and eventual success will be a model for young Jamaicans in the entertainment sector to emulate.
- Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange
Gregory Isaacs will undoubtedly live on in our hearts and in the fabric of Jamaica and certainly worldwide through his music and many accomplishments. For this, we are eternally grateful.
Posted by Yardie Luke on under Health | Comments are off for this article
THE MINISTRY of Health in Jamaica is on high alert in light of the outbreak of cholera in the neighbouring country of Haiti.
The ministry through the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said it would be providing strategic management, direction and coordinated intervention.
According to the health ministry, the NEOC will ensure ongoing monitoring through heightened surveillance at all ports of entry, as well as at sentinel sites across the island.
“The ministry is on high alert as we recognise that there may be travel to and from Haiti especially given its proximity to Jamaica,” director of emergency, disaster management and special services in the ministry of health, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse said.
“We are scaling up all our surveillance and monitoring activities so that we can respond effectively if the need arises,” she added.
postpone non-essential travel
Dr Bullock DuCasse advised persons to postpone non-essential travel to Haiti at this time.
She advised persons who might be experiencing any of the symptoms of cholera to seek medical attention immediately.
Alex Larsen, Haiti’s health minister, has declared that the country was “in a sanitary crisis. This is a new woe for the country which has not seen this disease in the past.”
World Health Organisation experts rushed to provide aid to northern Haiti and said initial tests showed traces of cholera. If confirmed, it would mark the first time that cholera has been reported in Haiti for more than a century, WHO said.
Stage one of cholera sees persons exhibiting symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps. There are currently no cases of cholera in Jamaica.
More than 1.5 million Haitians now live under tents in the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince. In some of the tent cities visited by The Gleaner last week, dirty water flowed through the homes of many residents. In one settlement, water was gushing through a pit latrine and was finding its way in tents where people live.
However, there have been no reported incidents of cholera in the capital.
Meanwhile, Larsen, the country’s health minister has warned of further health complications if additional work was not done to curb sexual behaviour in the Caribbean country.
Haiti’s fertility rate has increased from four per cent to 12 per cent since the earthquake.
“We were just hit in Haiti by the worse catastrophe in the country’s history,” Larsen said as he spoke of the impact of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
“Our population is young, both men and women are ready to give their strength to the rebuilding of the republic. However, we need to remember that Haiti is a small country with 8.5 million people located on a disaster area for earthquake and hurricane.”
He was speaking at Wednesday’s launch of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launch of its 2010 population fund report in Port-au-Prince.
In the meantime with the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which has so far claimed the lives of some 142 people and a further 1,500 persons suffering from cholera-related symptoms, telecommunication’s giant Digicel has opted to assist.
Digicel, which has plastered Port-au-Prince with its branded umbrella and murals, yesterday dispatched a plane loaded with vital relief supplies to assist the affected persons.
The plane, which left Kingston, yesterday afternoon carried 2000 lb of vital supplies, such as oral dehydration salts, water purification tablets, hand sanitiser and soap.
“We are very sad to hear the news of the cholera outbreak in Haiti and our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti. We hope that the situation can be contained as quickly as possible and we want to do everything we can to help make that happen,” Group CEO of Digicel Colm Delves said.
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 21, 2010 under Health | Comments are off for this article
The American Heart Association announced today new recommendations for the way CPR is performed. The small change could make a big difference in the lives of people suffering from cardiac arrest, the organization says.
For nearly 40 years, CPR guidelines have trained people to follow these simple A-B-C instructions—tilt the victim’s head back to open the airway, then pinch their nose and do a succession of breaths into their mouth, and finally perform chest compressions.
But now, the AHA says starting with the C of chest compressions will help oxygen-rich blood circulate throughout the body sooner, which is critical for people who have had a heart attack. With this shift, rescuers and responding emergency personnel should now follow a C-A-B process—begin with chest compression, then move on to address the airway and breaths. This change applies to adults, children, and babies, but does not apply to newborns.
The revision is a part of the 2010 emergency cardiovascular care report published by the AHA., an organization that reviews its guidelines every five years, taking into account new science and literature. Although the changed procedure will take some time to reach what Monica Kleinman, the vice chair of the AHA’s Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, calls “front-line people”, there is a plan in place to implement the recommendations as soon as possible to their training network, medical staffs, and first-responders.
“The sooner chest compressions are started, the more likely there will be a better outcome,” Kleinman announced. “Studies performed in labs as well as large-population studies have shown that people do better if they get chest compressions within four minutes.”
That four minutes is the amount of time it could take for emergency crews to rapidly respond, Chicago firefighter and CPR instructor Kelly Burns notes. Until then, he stresses that any CPR bystanders perform can make a difference.
“Early activation is critical,” Burns says, especially in cities where traffic and walk-up buildings can slow even the fastest respondents during a trauma where every minute counts.
When someone needs CPR, the very best reaction is a quick one, he says.
“In a perfect world, someone else calls 911 while you start chest compressions on the person in need,” he advises. According to Kleinman, however, only about one-third of victims of cardiac arrest get assistance from bystanders.
Despite changing guidelines, outdated training, or any confusion in the moment, Burns says that no one who tries CPR is faltering.
“People are reluctant to jump in and help, especially if the person is not a family member or friend,” Burns observes on a weekly basis. “The only mistake a civilian can make in these situations is waiting and not doing anything at all.”
To that end, the new AHA guidelines are meant to help anyone who encounters this kind of emergency—the idea being, if they know better, they will do better.
5 potentially life-saving notes to remember about the new C-A-B method of CPR:
1. There are no mistakes when you perform CPR.
“One thing most people don’t know, ” Kleinman says, “is that there is almost nothing you can do [during CPR] to harm a person in cardiac arrest except delay responding.”
Starting with chest compressions is now viewed by the AHA as the most effective procedure, and all immediate assistance will increase the chances the victim will survive with a good quality of life.
If one person calls 911 while another administers CPR, as Burns recommends, emergency operators will give informed instructions over the phone as well as dispatch aid to the scene.
2. All victims in cardiac arrest need chest compressions.
The AHA asserts that people having a heart attack still have oxygen remaining in their lungs and bloodstream in the first few minutes of cardiac arrest. Starting chest compressions first thing pumps blood to the victim’s brain and heart sooner, delivering needed oxygen. This new method saves the 30 seconds that people performing CPR used to take to open the airway and begin breathing under the old guidelines.
3. It’s a myth that only older, overweight men are at risk for a heart attack.
“Equal numbers of women and men have heart attacks,” Kleinman reports. Sufferers are primarily adults.
4. Nearly all cardiac emergencies occur at home.
“Ninety percent of events take place at home. If you perform CPR in your lifetime, it’s probably going to be for someone you love,” Kleinman reveals.
5. Training is simpler and more accessible than you think.
Learning CPR has never been hard, Kleinman says, but guideline changes in the last ten years have reduced the number of steps and simplified the process even more.
Kits are also available to complete in the privacy of your own home or workplace. Kits available through the AHA include inflatable, disposable mannequins and a training DVD.
“Anybody can learn to do CPR. It’s clearly important for saving lives, and now it is easier than ever,” Kleinman asserts. SOURCE:Shine from Yahoo
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 18, 2010 under Health | Comments are off for this article
The average supermarket carries 46,852 items. To save you time (and keep you from lapsing into a nutrition-label-reading coma) our team of experts plowed through the aisles and found the ultimate good-for-you items for staying slim, fighting disease, and enjoying every morsel you put into your mouth!
The following treats come recommended by our expert panel of nutritionists: Karen Ansel, R.D., Maureen Callahan, R.D., Lisa Drayer, R.D., and Kerry Neville, R.D.
A strawberry smoothie on a stick for only 60 calories? Yup. So go ahead–enjoy two.
Per bar: 60 cal, 1 g fat (1 g sat), 12 g carbs, 25 mg sodium, <1 g fiber, 1 g protein
6) Barbara’s Bakery Snackimals — Chocolate Chip
These crunchy, all-natural, partially organic chocolate-chip animal crackers are so good you’d steal them from a kid.
Per 10 cookies: 120 cal, 4 g fat (0 g sat), 19 g carbs, 80 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 1 g protein
7) Back to Nature Cranberry Pecan Granola Cookies
Generously sized and delicious, these heart-healthy cookies are made with whole-grain rolled oats, dried cranberries, pecans, honey, and pineapple, pear, and peach juices.
Per cookie: 130 cal, 6 g fat (0.5 g sat), 20 g carbs, 105 mg sodium, 2 g fiber, 2 g protein
Jell-O Mousse Temptations — Dark Chocolate Decadence
For all the mousse lovers out there, this fluffy, airy, and (best part!) easily portable delight contains only 60 calories and 2.5 grams of fat.
Per container: 60 cal, 2.5 g fat (1.5gsat), 10 g carbs, 100 mg sodium, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein
9) Barry’s Bakery French Twists — Chocolate Chip
Crunchy, sweet cinnamon puffed pastry that’s easy on the scale and light on artery-clogging fat.
Per 2 twists: 60 cal, 2 g fat (0.5 g sat), 9 g carbs, 25 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein
10) Surf Sweets Jelly Beans
Soothe your sweet tooth with ease: These jelly beans are made with organic fruit juice (no corn syrup here!) and zero artificial colors or flavors.
Per bag: 90 cal, 0 g fat (0 g sat), 22 g carbs, 15 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 16, 2010 under Saving Money | Comments are off for this article
Searching for legitimate money-saving websites can be daunting. That’s why editors of Wise Bread compiled a list of over 190 best online resources for saving money. These websites have been hand-picked for their innovation and effectiveness. Here are 12 of the most unique and relatively unknown websites from the list. Take a look – chances are you’ll be able to put several of them to good use right away!
1. BeatThat!: We all know someone who is passionate about tracking down the very best deals. With BeatThat, an entire community of such people is put to work for you. Those who find the very best deals are put into a daily drawing that can earn them $50 to $125. With an incentive like that, topnotch results are guaranteed – and spammy, unreliable “deals” are kept out of the loop. The site once focused strictly on electronics; today, you can find deals on just about anything that can be purchased online.
2. Zilok: If the thought of buying a new chainsaw for a one-off project makes you cringe, relax – Zilok is a site that lets you rent everyday items from everyday people in your area. Better still, you can list items that you’d happily let others rent in order to make a little extra money. The entire process is regulated through the site, ensuring that everything goes smoothly. It’s a smart way to avoid buying big-ticket items that you don’t need on a regular basis.
3. BillShrink: Who doesn’t want to save money on credit card fees? Now you can get a list of credit card offers, cell phone plans, cable packages, and savings account offers that are better than what you have in less than 5 minutes. Answer a few questions about your current plan and BillShrink will recommend better options to fit your needs.
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10. SmartyPig: These days, brick-and-mortar banks aren’t offering very competitive interest rates for savings accounts. SmartyPig allows you to create a virtual piggy bank, set up savings goals and solicit donations from friends and family – all while enjoying a practically unheard-of interest rate. Once you achieve your goal, the savings – plus any interest – can be added to a debit card, sent to your bank account or added to a retail card.
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12. Freecycle: During tough economic times, donating used items – and using donated items – makes all kinds of sense. On Freecycle, you can find your local group and peruse listings of free, unwanted things. On the flip-side, you can post free ads for things that you’d like to give away. This especially comes in handy when you have extra items left over from a garage sale. There’s even a mobile app available that allows you to keep an eye on new listings while on the go.
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 15, 2010 under Hurricane News | Comments are off for this article
Marooned residents in Forest, Chigwell on brink of starvation
BY MARK CUMMINGS Observer West senior reporter cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com Thursday, October 14, 2010
FOREST, Hanover — AN urgent appeal is being made for food by the more than 650 residents of the flood-ravaged communities of Forest, Pierce’s Village and Chigwell in sections of Eastern Hanover.
“We are very low on food. If we don’t get some soon, some of us might die of hunger,” Colin Ricketts, a resident of Forest told the Observer West yesterday.
The residents’ movement in and out of the affected communities has been severely curtailed, due to the rising waters in the area in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Nicole, which lingered over the island two weeks ago.
The water in sections of the communities, Ricketts said, is as much as 60 feet deep and has covered most of the farmers’ crops.
Councillor for the area Wynter McIntosh agreed that the scarcity of food is one of the biggest challenges facing the residents.
“We are trying as best as possible to see what we can do in terms of providing some food, but it is a major problem,” McIntosh told the Observer West on Monday during a tour of the affected communities.
He was accompanied by chairman of the Hanover Parish Council Lloyd Hill and disaster co-ordinator for the parish, Olga Faye Headley.
McIntosh explained that the passage of the storm has resulted in the destruction of crops, livestock and poultry in the communities, aptly described as “farming areas”.
Nevertheless, McIntosh said, he believes that the supply of food to the three communities could improve soon, as charitable organisations such as the Jamaica Red Cross and the Salvation Army have agreed to assist.
Over the last two weeks, Headley added, her department has twice gone to the affected communities to distribute food and other relief supplies such as bed linens, mattresses and lanterns.
She argued, however, that relief supplies “are always never adequate”.
But apart from the current food crisis, the residents are also faced with a raft of other problems, which if not addressed soon, could mushroom into disasters.
Among them is the issue of mosquito infestation in the communities; the absence of electricity in Forest and the inability of some students to attend school.
Some residents have also expressed concern that they are unable to go to work, while others added that the three boats assigned to the communities to transport them are inadequate.
Headley argued that it could take a long time before normalcy returns to the affected communities.
“I think that it will take about four months before the water will recede,” she told the Observer West.
Area residents agreed.
“This (water) not going to draw down now. In 2004 duning the Hurricane Ivan it did not reach this high and it tek about four months to come down,” said Donnovan Chisholm, a resident of Forest.
Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for the area Dr DK Duncan, who visited the affected areas on the weekend, is urging the authorities to provide the necessary resources to assist the residents. SOURCE:Jamaica Observer
United States Judge Anthony Porcelli has offered bail to Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie.
Our newscentre understands that bail was granted under strict conditions. Buju was given bail at $250,000. Porcelli also ordered that Buju be placed under 24-hour surveillance with the costs being paid by the defence.
The Gleaner also understands that Buju will have to receive an immigration bond to prevent deportation. The US authorities, however, would want to keep Buju in the US to face his new trial in December.
On October 6, the judge heard arguments from the US prosecution as well as Buju’s lawyers and reserved his judgement.
Buju’s lawyer had filed the motion for a bail hearing on September 27, after federal judge, James Moody declared a mistrial in the drug case against Buju.
He made the ruling after the 12-member jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision in the case.
The judge says a new trial is to be held in December on a date to be announced. SOURCE: Go-Jamaica.com
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 11, 2010 under Health | Comments are off for this article
I am reminded of the value of resolving a quarrel/fuss before the end of the day (Ephesians 4:25-27) after reading this very sad story:
Family, friends mourn death of higgler shot in passenger bus
WHEN Paula Henry got a call minutes to eight from her cousin Kamara ‘Camille’ July last Friday night, she was still so upset from a quarrel they had on Monday about money that she ignored the call.
Little did Henry know that that was the last time July would ever ring her phone. At the time of the call, July had just received a bullet to her upper body while sitting in the front seat of a Toyota Hiace minibus on Maxfied Avenue, on her way to downtown Kingston.
The bullet fired from outside the bus during a robbery attempt struck July in the upper body and she frantically called Henry but when there was no answer, she called her best friend breathing heavily while she bled to death in the passenger vehicle.
“Lady, is true you don’t know,” Henry said as she wailed with pain.
“If mi did only know! She call me, and me neva answer her,” she sobbed. “From Monday mi and her have argument over money and mi run her from mi and everytime she call mi don’t answer her. But is when she get shot she call me, because as she hang up she call her best friend and all she hear was her breathing short. All she (best friend) saying ‘Camille’, ‘Camille’ she wouldn’t answer.”
Henry said now she would never know if her cousin wanted to make peace with her before she died. More
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 10, 2010 under Famous Jamaicans | Comments are off for this article
ALTON ELLIS, the west Kingston balladeer who defined the lovers’ rock genre, died Friday evening [Oct 10] at age 70. The singer succumbed to a 10-month fight with lymphatic cancer.
Sandra Ellis, one of his children, told The Sunday Gleaner that her father passed away at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, where he had been receiving treatment for the past two weeks.
Ellis had been diagnosed with cancer of the lymph glands in December 2007.
No singer had more success on Jamaican charts during the 1960s than the Trench Town-born Ellis whose first hit song was Muriel, which was done with Eddie Perkins.
Throughout the 1960s, Ellis recorded a series of ska hits for rival producers Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid and Clement Dodd. These included Dancecrasher, Girl I’ve Got a Date, I’m Just a Guy and I’m Still in Love.
He immigrated to England in the early 1970s where he remained active musically. He enjoyed a career resurgence in the 1990s when there was a rocksteady revival in Jamaica and Europe.
In 2003, dancehall superstar Sean Paul and singer Sasha had a minor hit in the United States with their cover of I’m Still in Love.
Ellis, who last performed here in June, is survived by wife Judith and over 20 children. SOURCE
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Jell-O Mousse Temptations — Dark Chocolate Decadence