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What Are Jamaica’s Options on Public-Sector Wages?
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ONCE again the public sector wage negotiation is the main topic of the day in Jamaica. This was also the case in 2004, when the first round of wage freezes was agreed. Then, just like […]
Could the “Singapore Experience” Have Happened in Trinidad?
Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By Paul Hay CJ Contributor Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister, died on 23 March 2015; and on 29 March 2015, the Straits Times published an article titled “The Singapore That Lee Kuan […]
Cayman Premier Congratulates UK’s Cameron on Victory
Above: Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin is congratulating United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron on his party’s re-election. In a statement, he said it was “not without relief that we have […]
Supporting Caribbean Artisans
By Julio Orozco and Amanda Charles Op-Ed Contributors The participation and advancement of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in the global economy are incorporated as part of the Development Agenda of International Organisations working in the greater Caribbean region. It […]
Turks and Caicos Premier Urges Tourism Sector on Local Employment
Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing is calling on the territory’s tourism sector to give locals more opportunities for “meaningful gainful employment.” He also said he was urging the Immigration and Labour […]
The Caribbean’s 25 Most Interesting People For 2014
WHO WERE the Caribbean’s newsmakers this year? Who were the people within the Caribbean doing interesting things, or the people from the Caribbean doing great work around the world? Who were the people in the Caribbean conversation? Our Most Interesting […]
What “Buy Jamaican” Should Mean
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Earlier this week I attended a forum and was asked to answer some questions from the audience. The forum was about entrepreneurship and one person, an entrepreneur himself, addressed the audience and encouraged everyone that […]
Turks and Caicos Apprehends Sloop Carrying 84 Migrants From Haiti
Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff For the second time in a week, Turks and Caicos Islands authorities have intercepted a sloop carrying migrants from Haiti in the British Overseas Territory’s waters. In a statement, Turks and Caicos Minister […]
What’s Holding Back Jamaica’s Reforms
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE who has been reading or listening to my recent commentaries would realize that I am fully in support of the reform agenda otherwise known as the IMF programme in Jamaica. Similarly, anyone who has […]
Green Caribbean: It’s Not Sustainability — It’s Common Sense
By Denaye Hinds CJ Contributor OVER THE YEARS, we have heard words and phrases like eco-friendly, green, eco-conscious, eco-lodge, go-green, greening our bottom line, conserving, preserving, sustaining. All of these relate to the act of considering the environment, being more […]
Discipline and Development in Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor LAST Wednesday I was driving to work when I saw a man throw an orange peel and another item on the road. The confidence with which he seemed to do it implied that he thought […]
Cayman Islands to Continue Tourism Employment Drive
Above: Grand Cayman (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands will be renewing its push to increase tourism employment in 2014. Last year, a public/private partnership between the government and the territory’s tourism sector launched a two-month […]
Doing Business in Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor AS I stated in my last article, I believe that Jamaica can start seeing positive economic and social development with the current set of legislative and fiscal reforms we are seeing. However, for this to […]
Jamaica to Put “Increased Focus” on Crime Prevention in 2014
Above: Courtney Brown, Director of Crime Prevention and Community Safety in the Ministry of National Security By the Caribbean Journal staff As Jamaica continues to struggle with a high rate of violent crime, the government says it will be placing […]
The Caribbean’s Incarceration Problem
By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor Every now and again, a report or statistic comes along that presents something genuinely surprising. A few weeks ago, that statistic came by way of a graphic shared through social media. The graphic showed the […]
Op-Ed: How to Contain Jamaican Crime
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor THE MURDER RATE per 100,000 is 41 in Jamaica, making it one of the most murderous countries in the world. With its economy heavily dependent on tourism, crime is not a variable it can afford. […]
China and the Caribbean — a Marriage Made in Heaven?
By Zhivargo Laing CJ Contributor ON A recent radio show in the Bahamas, the topic of China’s $8 million loan to the country was being discussed. A curious caller asked, “what do the Chinese want for these loans anyway?” Her […]
Turks and Caicos Intercepts Boat Carrying 115 Migrants from Haiti
Above: Turks and Caicos By the Caribbean Journal staff A boat carrying 115 migrants from Haiti was intercepted by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Marine Branch on Tuesday morning, the government announced. The passengers, which included 86 men […]
“Haiti Is at a Crossroads”
Above: a community rehabilitation project in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Three years after the earthquake, Haiti is “at a crossroads,” according Michael Posner, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. […]
Op-Ed: Kent Gammon on Reversing Jamaica’s Economic Decline
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor THE JAMAICAN ECONOMY continues to lag behind the rest of the world with a dismal 1.3 percent growth forecast for 2013. The Jamaican dollar is being sold officially for 92 dollars to one US […]
Op-Ed: Corruption In the Caribbean
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor THE ARRESTS OF McKeeva Bush and Michael Misick in one-week span focused on the world of corruption in the Caribbean. The two most prestigious Caribbean offshore financial centres ended up with a pair political leaders in […]
Turks and Caicos Government Lifts Ban on Deportations to Haiti
Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands Government announced Thursday that it has lifted its moratorium on deportations to Haiti. The ban had been enacted following Haiti’s January 2010 […]
Trinidad at 50: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Independence Address
Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad […]
Op-Ed: What Would Norman Manley Think of Present-Day Jamaica?
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Many Jamaicans contemplate the historical lives of the architects of our independence as our 50th anniversary approaches. Is Norman Manley the George Washington of Jamaica? Norman Manley is regarded by many as the Father of […]
Durandis: An Injustice in Haiti’s Caracol
By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, wrote that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” These words were written in the context that one could not just sit […]
Jamaica Receives Firearms Marking Machines from OAS, Following Haiti
Above: the Jamaican delegation at the OAS (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica received two firearms marking machines from the Organization of American States Tuesday, a few days after a similar donation to the government of […]
Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Crime Resurgence
By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor IT IS ALARMING to find that gang warfare and crime have escalated in Jamaica, encompassing murder, rape, extortion and all of those auxiliary violent crimes — in addition to which, Jamaica’s reputation in human trafficking […]
Op-Ed: Is It Time for Chaguaramas 2.0? Jamaica’s Youth Can Lead the Way
By Fabio Pittaluga Op-Ed Contributor Today, as CARICOM Heads of Government meet to deliberate in Castries, St Lucia, trying to extricate their nations from the crosshairs of the deepest recession since the Community’s 1973 formation by the Treaty of Chaguaramas, […]
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