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 More than two years after its promised completion, the region’s first pediatric cardiac centre at the Bustamante Children's Hospital is still under construction. This week, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton told the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament that the physical structure is 95 per cent completed and should be ready in a few months. Digicel Jamaica, Sagicor and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation have all donated money to build the pediatric cardiac centre. Chain of Hope, a foreign-based group which has been performing open-heart surgery at the hospital is also a significant contributor. However, Tufton said securing the equipment for the cardiac centre is another issue as there was disagreement among the various stakeholders who partnered to build the facility. Health Minister, Christopher TufIn September 2014 The Gleaner was informed that tardiness on the part of the previous administration and a tussle between one of the major donors and techn

Share Image copyright AFP Image caption The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan is striving for autonomy for Kurdish areas Iranian Revolutionary Guards have reportedly killed 11 Kurdish rebels in a clash close to the border with Iraq. Three Guards also died in the fighting, Iran's Fars news agency cited their commander in Kordestan province, Gen Mohammad Hossein Rajabi, as saying. He said the rebels were linked to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) and that the Guards had been tipped off when they crossed from Iraq. The rebels were pursued for 10 days before they were killed, he added. The PDKI has been striving for decades for autonomy for predominantly Kurdish areas in north-western Iran. Kurdish villages 'shelled' Gen Rajabi told Fars that the 11-strong group of "counter-revolutionaries" were "eliminated" in the Sarvabad region by Revolutionary Guards. A PDKI commander called Kaveh Java

Liverpool have signed Senegal forward Sadio Mane from Southampton for £34m. Mane, 24, joins on a five-year deal and is the Reds' third summer signing after German goalkeeper Loris Karius  and  Cameroon defender Joel Matip. The fee could rise to £36m, which would make him the Anfield club's most expensive signing, beating the £35m paid for striker Andy Carroll in 2011. Mane scored 21 goals in 67 Premier League appearances for Saints after joining for £10m from Salzburg in 2014. "Today is a big day and I am very happy to sign for one of the biggest clubs in Europe," he  told the club's official website. "It's a club that has won a lot of trophies and has a big history." Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed he had been tracking Mane "since his impressive performances in the Olympics in 2012". "Since I came here I have spoken to the staff a lot about him and have always felt he could be a very good signing for us,&quo

Scientists have discovered a large helium gas field in Tanzania. With world supplies running out, the find is a "game-changer", say geologists at Durham and Oxford universities. Helium is used in hospitals in MRI scanners as well as in spacecraft, telescopes and radiation monitors. Until now, the precious gas has been discovered only in small quantities during oil and gas drilling. Using a new exploration approach, researchers found large quantities of helium within the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley. They say resources in just one part of the Rift valley are enough to fill more than a million medical MRI scanners. Prof Chris Ballentine, of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, said: "This is a game-changer for the future security of society's helium needs and similar finds in the future may not be far away." And colleague Dr Pete Barry added: 'We can apply this same strategy to other parts of the world with a s