Jamaica
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JAMAICA-MEDIA-IPI said TVJ chairman engaged in censorship
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said that the chairman of the board of Television Jamaica Ltd. (TVJ) Milton Samuda, had engaged in censorship when he restricted the questions to be asked of two Olympians last month. In a letter to the Chairman of the RJR Communications Group, Lester Spaulding, IPI executive director, Alison Bethel McKenzie…
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Not enough attention to alternative energy
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – JAMAICA continues to agonise over the cost of electricity and the capacity to pay for its oil imports. This agony started with the first oil price shock in 1973 and the degree of agony has varied with the ebb and flow of oil prices. The country is in the throes of trying to reduce the cost…
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Gov’t To Remove Prison Option For Problem Kids
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – The Portia Simpson Miller Cabinet has approved legislative changes that could remove one of the most controversial provisions of the Child Care and Protection Act which allows a judge to incarcerate a child who is deemed to be “beyond control”. “This will result in judges no longer having the option of sentencing these children to correctional…
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Time for action on the MSME policy
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – WE hope that the Green Paper on the draft Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) and Entrepreneurial Policy, which was tabled in Parliament in May, has not been left to gather cobwebs like other documents now before the legislature. Even if he does not show it, we know that Minister Anthony Hylton, in whose Ministry of…
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Brazilian Benefits – Jamaica Ready To Boost Tourism With Links From South American Nation
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – FOLLOWING THE establishment of an embassy in Brazil last year, the Jamaican Government is indicating that it is moving post-haste to ensure that the country is able to capitalise on tourism and investment opportunities served up by the South American nation. Alison Stone Roofe, Jamaica's ambassador to Brazil, has noted that Brazil continues to experience real…
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JTB Hosts Jamaica House In Moscow
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Jamaica has been seeking to capitalise on the buzz being created by its athletes in Russia with the hosting of what it has dubbed Jamaica House Moscow. The initiative follows a similar effort mounted at the 2012 Olympics in London and seeks to boost tourist arrivals from Russia and Eastern Europe. Jamaica Tourist Board says Jamaica…
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JAMAICA-COURT-Government to amend Evidence Act to allow for computer generated evidence
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is moving to amend the Evidence Act to facilitate easy admission of computer generated evidence in cases, Justice Minister Mark Golding has said. “Our provisions in the Evidence Act are antiquated and require quite a convoluted series of steps in terms of proof of the working of the machine, before any computer-generated evidence…
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Jamaica and Caricom
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – It is little over fifty years since a sustained campaign, led by the then opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) under Alexander Bustamante, resulted in a referendum decision approving the country’s withdrawal from the West Indies Federation, and supporting national independence for Jamaica. The JLP, the party currently in opposition, now appears to have started a…
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CSEC English Passes Up 11 Per Cent
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – The Ministry of Education is reporting an increase in the number of students attaining grades 1-3 in the Caribbean Examination Councils 2013 CSEC exams. Of the 26,529 students sitting this year's English A paper 16,871 attained a passing grade. This represents an 11 per cent increase over last year, which saw 52 per cent of the…
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Crown Him Again – Bolt Reclaims World Champs Title Despite Sore Legs
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Freshly minted 100m World champion Usain Bolt is delighted to have regained the title he lost two years ago, but admitted disappointment at not testing his own 9.58-second world record in the 100m final at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics inside the Luzhniki Stadium yesterday. “Overall, it was good. I can't complain; it was a…
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