Welcome to our Editorial Page for Thursday, August 08, 2002 Making parents aware of their responsibilities THERE have been several recent incidents in which especially young children have been seriously injured, or in some cases, have died, after being left on their own. In one case, an infant who was left alone at home unfortunately perished when the house was destroyed by fire. In most such ...

Welcome to our Top Stories Thursday, August 08, 2002 Five held after East Coast attacks -- gunmen fire on Army patrols AN ARMY patrol in Buxton, East Coast Demerara, captured five suspected criminals following a shootout when the soldiers pursued the men after gunmen attacked a family and burnt two houses in the area early yesterday morning. At around 01:30 hrs, bandits set fire to a house in ...

Welcome to our Features Page for Wednesday, August 07, 2002 Jamaica moves to deal with impact of crime By Richard Cox JAMAICA has been bothered by worrying levels of crime and authorities there have been forced to seek measures to address a situation that poses a serious threat to the fragile economy of the Caribbean island. The largest of the English-speaking Caribbean islands, Jamaica is the ...

Lima, September 21 OAS to fight against terrorism (Peru.com) On Friday morning the chancellors of all the countries member of the Organization of American States (OAS) began, in Washington, a meeting to discuss how the region would support the United States in its fight against terrorism after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Peru's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Diego Garcia Sayan, was elected by ...

Terror Strikes I: Economic Reverberations. by Alcides Ferreira Week of September 05 - 21, 2001 As I settled down to write this article on Sunday morning, it was still unclear just how the past week's terrorist attacks in United States and how the U.S. responds to them will impact the Brazilian economy. Some key issues have to be investigated and monitored from now on, if future effects are to be ...

Analysis Terror Strikes II: Do Brazilians Care by John Fitzpatrick Week of September 15 - 21, 2001 John Fitzpatrick is an occasioal guest Editor on InfoBrazil. He is a Scottish Journalist who first visited Brazil 15 years ago, and has been based in S o Paulo since 1995. His 26-year career in journalism includes stints as a Reporter in Scotland and England, Deputy Editor of an English-language ...