For the second straight week, the Caribbean Photo comes from CJ reader Emma Lewis. It’s a snapshot of a country lane in Trinityville, St Thomas in Jamaica. Do you have a great photo of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com and it might be our next Caribbean Photo of the Week.
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Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The number of serious and violent crimes in Jamaica fell by 11 percent in the first six months of 2013, according to data released by the government. The murder rate was 19.9 per 100,000 people, a 3.4 percent reduction from a 20.6 rate in the same […]
Above: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce By the Caribbean Journal staff No one can beat Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the track right now. The Jamaican sensation continued her sterling summer with a first-place finish in the 200M at the Zurich Diamond League meet on Thursday. Fraser-Pryce, who swept the 100M and 200M at the World Championships this year, finished […]
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s economy is projected to grow by between 0.5 and 1.5 percent for the third quarter of 2013, according to data from the Planning Institute of Jamaica. The report comes after the revelation of another quarter of tepid growth for the country’s economy, which contracted despite […]
