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“The Caribbean Region has Rebounded Magnificently — But There Is No Room for Complacency”

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Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

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What Are Jamaica’s Development Goals?

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

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Cricket and Air Transport in the Caribbean

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

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Why to Buy Jamaican

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has cautioned the region’s travel leaders that despite a strong recovery from the pandemic, the Caribbean cannot afford to rest on its laurels. “The Caribbean region has rebounded magnificently from the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, such as natural disasters, but there is no room […]

Cricket and Air Transport in the Caribbean

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor #StayInLine As the day wore on almost into afternoon, complaints about tardy election workers and polling stations started to be heard across traditional media. CVMTV and Nationwide Radio, national free-to-air TV and radio, respectively, both carried such reports. Soon thereafter, the hashtag  #StayInLine popped up on my Twitter timeline […]

Thinking Beyond Caribbean Climate

 By Ryan Peterson CJ Contributor No, we are not talking about climate change and the disruptive effects of increased temperatures, sea level rise, coastal erosion, ocean pollution and acidification, nor the loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, and the increased frequency of extreme weather events. We are not referring to the fact that only 20 percent […]

A New Caribbean “Kokomo?”

 By Ryan Peterson CJ Contributor Popularized by The Beach Boys during the early 90s, many have wondered whether ‘Kokomo’ is real or simply an imaginary place. Likewise, as the smaller economies of the Caribbean venture deeper into the 21st century and continue to seek growth, many wonder how real and resilient this is. Despite their […]

How to Create Prosperity in Jamaica

 By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor In order to secure power (spillover from the colonial system), both political parties in Jamaica, when they formed government, set about creating institutional loyalties, using the state bodies and security forces to cement their hold on power and share spoils amongst supporters. This resulted in an inefficient bureaucracy (based on […]

Jamaica's New Parliament

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Fresh-faced Senators so Far It’s been a whirlwind of activities in Jamaica over the past two weeks in particular. National Elections came and went and a new 43 year old Prime Minister with his new Cabinet has been installed. The dust has not yet settled though. Parliament is to […]

Choosing Jamaica’s Future

 “We are Jamaica’s problem” By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor I was sitting down to write this article on election day (February 25), after watching the lead-up to the election and the commentary from not only politicians but also us the citizens of Jamaica. In considering this, I am even firmer in the belief that Jamaica’s […]

The Road to Prosperity in Jamaica

 By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor The Jamaica Labour Party’s slogan, “Poverty to Prosperity”, was very catchy and seemed to have been embraced by enough people for them to win the elections. Now that the election is over, we certainly as a country must turn our attention to moving towards prosperity. The first thing Jamaica must […]

Jamaican Women and the 2016 Election

 After the vote By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Not a Loser? On Election Day February 25th when asked by a female reporter what if she lost, Jamaica’s female Prime Minister retorted, “Do I look like a loser?” No, PM Simpson-Miller did not lose her seat. In fact her victory margin of over ten thousand […]