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Jamaica, China Dreaming Together
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Chinese people have always had the dream of the Great Harmony of all and longed for a beautiful society with noble virtue, material plenty, equality and equity. Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping promoted the idea of a Chinese dream, which would spur the rejuvenation of the nation. It centred on the country's prosperity and people's happiness.…
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Chinese eggs waiting to be hatched
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FROM the Government of China's point of view, the visit of President Xi Jinping to Trinidad to meet nine Caribbean Heads of Government was a great success. Each of the nine leaders made statements after individual short meetings with President Xi, praising China for the loans and assistance being given to their countries individually. From the news…
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Health Minister Puts Fast-Food Tax On The Table – Gov’t Facilitates Consultation On Hospital User-Fe
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE GOVERNMENT is considering several measures, among them the imposition of a levy on fast foods, to fund health care on the island. Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson, who will today head to the Carter Hall, Holy Cross Church, in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, for the second in a series of consultations on user fees in public…
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IMF was wrong on Greece, what about us?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is generally accepted that for small developing countries, like Jamaica, who are in severe economic difficulties, there are few, if any, alternatives to the policy stipulations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Even traditional political allies such as America, Britain and Canada will not provide certain critical financial assistance without the IMF's vaunted seal of approval.…
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AJ, Know Your Role – Private Sector Fires Back At Nicholson After ‘Trade Bickering’ Comments
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Calls from Foreign Trade Minister A.J. Nicholson for the parliamentary Opposition and other critics to end the bickering with Trinidad and Tobago over claims of unfair trade practices have not gone down well with members of the local manufacturing sector. Yesterday, Christopher Zacca, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), said he was “concerned by…
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CARICOM’s ‘survival’ challenges
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE first in a series of planned consultations, across this region, for the introduction of a Five-Year Strategic Plan for CARICOM had a low-profile start in Barbados last Wednesday. First official news on the beginning of the consultative process came from the Georgetown-based Community Secretariat and, at best, media coverage was quite patchy or, worse, absent. No…
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Is CARICOM A Necessity?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The relationship of Jamaica with its Caribbean neighbours in a regional organisation was first publicly discussed at a conference in Montego Bay in 1947, called by the British secretary of state, Arthur Creech Jones, to discuss the question of regional political integration. From this opening discussion, 11 years later, the West Indies Federation was born, comprising 10…
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Britain’s expression of regret and the reparations debate
KINGSTON, Jamaica – England's expression yesterday of sincere regret and offer of compensation for the acts of torture that a British colonial government carried out against Kenyans fighting for liberation from colonial rule in the 1950s and 1960s, will, we expect, revive the reparations debate in the Caribbean. As reported on page 29 of today's Jamaica Observer, the simultaneous announcement…
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Jamaica to host World Blood Donor Day
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica has been selected by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to host the official ceremony for World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) for the Region of the Americas, on June 14. PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne is expected to be the keynote speaker at the official World Blood Donor Day ceremony, held under the theme…
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