Jamaica Gleaner News "FACED WITH a ballooning price tag, and with promised financial assistance slow in coming, the Government has decided to pull the plug on elements of its relief efforts in Haiti.
Less than 72 hours after The Gleaner first reported that financial challenges could force Jamaica to withdraw its soldiers, medical team and firefighters from Haiti, Information Minister Daryl Vaz used yesterday's post-Cabinet media briefing to announce that the pull back has started.
'I think we recall that the minister of national security (Dwight Nelson) indicated that there would be a need to withdraw the troops out of Haiti based on the cost of approximately $773,000 per day and the fact that, up until now, we have not been able to get any funding to carry this operation,' Vaz said as he pointed to a story carried by The Gleaner on Monday."
Less than 72 hours after The Gleaner first reported that financial challenges could force Jamaica to withdraw its soldiers, medical team and firefighters from Haiti, Information Minister Daryl Vaz used yesterday's post-Cabinet media briefing to announce that the pull back has started.
'I think we recall that the minister of national security (Dwight Nelson) indicated that there would be a need to withdraw the troops out of Haiti based on the cost of approximately $773,000 per day and the fact that, up until now, we have not been able to get any funding to carry this operation,' Vaz said as he pointed to a story carried by The Gleaner on Monday."
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