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More murders force police to review strategy
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica police say they will adopt new strategies to deal with the upsurge in criminal activities after official figures show that more people were killed here during the first nine months of the year as compared to 2012. Figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) show that 856 murders were recorded during the period…
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Haiti steps up fight against against illegal drugs trade
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian law enforcement authorities say they have seized more than 2,000 kilogrammes of illegal drugs over the past 20 months and confiscated more than a million US dollars. Head of the Anti-Drug Unit, Joris Mergelus, said in addition 238 people have been detained in connection with the seizure and illegal rug shipments. “Of the…
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Haitian American architect wins design for permanent memorial honouring victims of slave trade
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – A Haitian American architect has been declared the winner of an international competition to design a memorial that will be permanently on display at United Nations Headquarters in New York to honor victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Unveiling Rodney Leon’s “Ark of Return” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the memorial would “…
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Ja Can Learn From Barbados’ IMF Experience
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica can create a platform for economic growth by using the example of Barbados, which stood up to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and offered wage cuts as a viable alternative to the Fund's prescription of devaluation when the country almost ran out of international reserves. But Dr Peter Henry, dean of New York University's Leonard N.…
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IMF gives thumbs up to Jamaica’s economic progress
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday praised the Jamaica government over its economic policies and said the island’s economic reform programme remains strong. IMF Resident Representative, Bert van Selm, in a brief statement recalled that an IMF mission to Jamaica had indicated that policy implementation under Jamaica’s Fund-supported economic reform programme has been strong. “Economic reforms…
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Capitalising On The Potential Benefits Of Marijuana
KINGSTON, Jamaica – For centuries we have been socialised that marijuana is destructive and harmful to our health. Astounding as that assertion is, it is true. During the 1970s the subject of the benefits of marijuana was first explored, since then not much has been done to advance this subject. The current issue is how Jamaica can capitalise on the…
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This amusing chase after CCJ
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar used her “conversational message” on Monday with the people of Trinidad and Tobago for yesterday’s 37th anniversary of this nation as a constitutional republic to signal the coming of some significant political changes for improved democratic governance and building of a more united society. She chose the high road in pledging…
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Caribbean records significant decline in new HIV/AIDS infection
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The Caribbean, which ranks second behind sub-Saharan Africa for HIV/AIDS infection rates, has led the world in reducing the number of new infections between the period 2005-2011, according to a new United Nations report released here. The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said an estimated 2.3 million adults and children were newly infected with HIV…
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