Jamaica
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EDITORIAL – Positive move by private sector on CARICOM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Perhaps we can now get down to a serious, coherent and fact-based analysis of Jamaica's trade relations with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its membership in the Community. Up to now, that debate has been characterised largely by emotive rants, aimed primarily at Trinidad and Tobago, in which private-sector leaders merely ran with the crowd. Now, they…
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EDITORIAL – Time for deep introspection
KINGSTON, Jamaica – That five more of our athletes – including Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson – tested positive for banned substances is a body blow to Jamaican athletics. It has happened when we are still reeling from the shock of Veronica Campbell-Brown's positive test and the six-year ban of Dominique Blake for a second doping infraction. This, however, is…
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Government stands by athletes
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley said that Jamaica, through its Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO) “has consistently had a rigorous programme for in and out of competition testing while providing public education for all who…
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Major private-sector bodies form CARICOM working group
KINGSTON, Jamaica – On the heels of recent public commentary regarding Jamaica's trade agreements with CARICOM comes news that four of the country's major organisations have formed a broad-based Private Sector Working Group to examine CARICOM and other free trade agreements. The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA), Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) and the Private Sector Organisation…
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Clash over CARICOM – Let’s fix it!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Forty years is not a long time in the life of an organisation. However, it is sufficient time to make an assessment of its performance towards achieving its mission, vision and strategic goals. CARICOM, which was formed by former colonies in the British West Indies in their quest to promote regional integration, has come under serious scrutiny…
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Opposition party warns against rush to judgement
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Monday cautioned against a rush to judgment in the wake of reports that some of the country's athletes have tested positive for banned substances. “Jamaica is currently under the microscope globally, as our ascendancy in track and field means that we are being focused on. Our athletes will get…
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Five Jamaicans test positive for banned substance
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Two Olympic medalists are among five Jamaicans who have reportedly returned adverse analytical findings for banned performance enhancing drugs at the National Championships in June. According to highly placed track and field sources, four of the athletes are in the senior ranks, while the fifth is a junior. Two of those athletes are sprinters while the…
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Troubling days in the history of modern track and field
KINGSTON, Jamaica – EVEN as Jamaicans received word of the country's best-ever performance at the World Youth Athletics Championships, comes the staggering news that several Jamaican athletes, including Olympic medallists Mr Asafa Powell and Ms Sherone Simpson, have tested positive for banned substances. Details related to those adverse analytical results were only just emerging as this commentary was being written.…
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Pan–Afrikan Reparations Coalition of Europe (PARCOE) has voiced concern about the approach being taken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in establishing National Reparations Committees. At the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad, the leaders agreed to set up national reparations committees in each of the 15 member states as a first step…
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In Caribbean, push to create no-take reserves
BLUEFIELDS BAY, Jamaica – YOUNG fish leap in the wake of a warden’s patrol boat as it motors through waters off Jamaica’s southwest coast that are a brilliant palette of blues. Beneath the surface, reefs bristle with spiny lobsters, and rainbowcoloured parrotfish graze on algae and seaweed. After rampant destruction of local fish habitats over decades, marine life is gradually…
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