Jamaica

  • December 12, 2013
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    Energy information, management in focus in Jamaica

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Energy sector officials are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, this week to chart the way forward in energy information gathering and dissemination, management and planning. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Latin American Energy Organisation (OLADE) are collaborating on the joint staging of the Regional Energy Information Forum held on Monday 9 December and…

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  • October 31, 2013
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    Computer Specialist Held in Cyber Crime Crackdown

    PHILPOTT Martin, the 26-year-old computer specialist and computer programmer was arrested in Jamaica following a two-year cyber-crime investigation. Martin, who resides in Kingston 8, Jamaica, was held at his home by detectives from the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), headed by Superintendent Fitz Bailey. Martin is facing three counts of simple larceny and one count of conspiracy to defraud.Three additional…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Antigua Reclassified As High Income

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – In its publication on remittances released last month, the World Bank said Antigua & Barbuda has regained its status as a high income economy, leaving the majority of regional developing states behind. The reversal comes after the island of 89,070 residents finalised an International Monetary Fund programme. Alessandro Legrottaglie, the World Bank's senior country officer for Antigua,…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Energy security high on agenda of CELAC meeting

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Regional energy security is among the many issues to be discussed at the second meeting of the ministers of Energy of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), on October 24 and 25. The two-day meeting is scheduled to take place at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.Jamaica is the first English-speaking country chosen to host…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Farm Up Jamaica To Grow Organic Foods, Save Money

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Farm Up Jamaica, a bold and innovative agricultural private-sector programme designed to significantly boost the organic production of selected crops in Jamaica was launched last Thursday evening at the Kimberly Hotel in New York City. Farm Up Jamaica is the brainchild of New York-based businessman and entrepreneur Neil Curtis. The initiative aims to assist farmers in Jamaica…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Jamaica, CARICOM Must Deplore Dom Rep Prejudice

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – This is a submission from the Mona campus organisation, UWI Leads Social Justice and Change. We write in response to your article 'Patterson urges CARICOM to condemn Dom Rep's latest immigration law against Haitians' dated Thursday, October 10, 2013, where former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson expressed his displeasure and disgust at the displacement of thousands of Haitians…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    CCJ delivers for Caricom nationals

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOR years nationals of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) have complained of the discrimination they've experienced at the border controls of each other's countries. This discrimination has ranged in many cases from extensive questioning before being allowed entry for a limited period, to arbitrary refusal of entry and immediate expulsion. This unpleasant treatment has galled Caricom nationals,…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Freedom of movement challenge after that CCJ ruling

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE ripple effects of the recent landmark ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of Jamaican Shanique Myrie vs the Barbados Government should awaken the leaders of Caricom out of their Rip van Winkle-like slumber to honour their commitment to unhindered free intra-regional movement of citizens of the community. No less a person…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    The Myrie Case And Human Rights

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Some of the facts established in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) landmark original jurisdiction decision in the matter Shanique Myrie v Barbados make for uncomfortable reading. Ms Myrie was cursed at, had her phone searched, was held in an insanitary detention facility, then sent back on a flight to Jamaica. She was never given a chance…

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  • October 10, 2013
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    Former Jamaica deputy prime minister dies

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Seymour “Foggy” Mullings, a former deputy prime minister and regarded as one of the stalwarts of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), has died. He was 82. Mullings was a prominent member of the Cabinet of prime ministers Michael Manley and P.J Patterson from 1989 until his retirement from Parliament in 2002. He served in various…

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