Jamaica
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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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Toward a New Venezuela-Caribbean relationship
KINGSTON, Jamaica – SINCE 2005 when the late president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez introduced the PetroCaribe initiative, several Caribbean governments have enjoyed a vital lifeline. But the time may have come to review the scope and expectations of the PetroCaribe relationship in the interest of the beneficiary Caribbean countries and Venezuela itself. Under PetroCaribe, the beneficiary countries have been allowed…
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Clash over CARICOM – Let’s take a break!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The following is an edited version of a speech delivered to the Lions Club of Kingston recently. Many Jamaicans are still uncertain as to the net benefits of our membership of CARICOM. The primary concern has been our trading relations with Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) within this free-trade framework. The Jamaica-T&T trade issue has been caught up…
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EDITORIAL – Tough sentences alone won’t do
KINGSTON, Jamaica – MOST PEOPLE, we expect, will welcome the harsher penalties as well as the new offences introduced into the law against human trafficking. For our Government, this week's approval by the House of Representatives of the amendments is a signal to the United States that we are serious about the issue. We will, hopefully, now be rewarded by…
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Jamaica passes legislation to tighten measures dealing with human trafficking
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica parliament has approved the legislation dealing with human trafficking less than a month after the United States placed the island on a Tier Two status for not fully complying with the minimum standards set by the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act. National Security Minister Peter Bunting successfully piloted the Human Trafficking Bill that which…
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JLP serious about suspending relations with CARICOM — Holness
KINGSTON, Jamaica – OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Holness says that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) believes that Jamaica should consider suspending its relationship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) until it sorts out current issues with the regional body. “There could be a suspension until we get our house in order, so that we can participate on equal footing with everyone,” Holness…
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