Jamaica
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Ms Myrie has done the Caribbean a great service
KINGSTON, Jamaica – MS Shanique Myrie tells us she believes that, because she pressed her case against the Barbados authorities at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), “things will be better for Jamaicans who travel to that country”. This newspaper thinks she has done much more. By her courage and determination Ms Myrie has made life much easier, we believe,…
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EDITORIAL – The Greater Import Of The Myrie Ruling
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Much has already been made of the award by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) of approximately J$4 million to Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who, two and a half years ago, was deported from Barbados after being held overnight in a cell and allegedly subjected to a vaginal search. But the focus on the vindication of…
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EDITORIAL – America The Banana Republic
KINGSTON, Jamaica – If it intends to prevent a return to global financial turbulence and maintain America's pre-eminent place in the world, it is urgent that Congress end its latest bout of irresponsibility and begin to manage the country's economic affairs in a fashion not reminiscent of a banana republic. This is how Washington appears at this time – a…
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Finance Minister says government wants to avoid capital markets
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will avoid seeking funding from the capital markets for as long as is possible, as it continues to exercise strict fiscal management. “It’s a situation that we keep under review…we are trying to remain outside of the need to go to the capital markets for as long as possible…what we want…
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Government to establish fee structure for CARICOM Skills Certificate
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is seeking to establish a fee structure for issuing CARICOM Skills Certificates in keeping with the amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act, which seeks to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries. Labour and Social Security Minister, Derrick Kellier told legislators…
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Expert says eating less meat will protect the environment
environment KINGSTON, Jamaica – An expert in the study of the ills of nitrogen has said reducing meat consumption can help safeguard the environment in Antigua & Barbuda. Professor Mark Sutton from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in the United Kingdom is one of the experts behind the “Our Nutrient World” study commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme…
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As global warming accelerates…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released its latest report on global warming. The report, the fifth in the last 23 years, contains findings which are no surprise but which confirm an indisputable trend — scientists are 95 per cent certain that global warming over the last 60 years is due to human…
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New database to help region protect coastline from climate change
KINGSTON, Jamaica COUNTRIES in the Caribbean and Latin America could improve coastal planning and develop preventive measures to adapt to the effects of climate change using a database launched yesterday by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Cantabria and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The database contains information on coastal…
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ECJ distances itself from remarks by former chairman
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) Wednesday sought to distance itself from statements attributed to former chairman, Dr. Herbert Thompson, that there has been an attempt by the Parliament to destroy the EOJ. The ECJ in a statement said the statements were made in the media and that it “notes and welcomes the fact that Parliament…
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Journalists from Jamaica, Belize, and Trinidad win regional agricultural award
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Journalists from Jamaica, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago have been named as winners in the third Regional Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Competition, 2013. The Trinidad-based Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the European-based Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), said the winners would receive a commemorative plaque, a cash prize…
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