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Jamaica Gets PetroCaribe Grant for JEEP
Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Works Minister Dr Omar Davies at a JEEP project site earlier this year (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has received an $11.5 million USD grant from the PetroCaribe Fund […]
Op-Ed: Jamaica, Greece and Putting the People Before the Creditors
By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica is barely emerging from its worst economic downturn in the last 30 years. Even after positive growth returned in 2011, the economy remains 3 percent below its 2007 level, and with anaemic growth projected […]
Jamaica’s Government Says 3,000 Jobs Created Under JEEP Programme
Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Works Minister Dr Omar Davies at a JEEP project site earlier this year (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government says it has created approximately 3,000 new jobs under the […]
Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Local Election: The “Shine on the Ball” Illusion
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor The Jamaican people have answered the call of the People’s National Party (PNP) that they should elect their local councillor candidates to, as Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller termed, “join up the power of government.” […]
Op-Ed: Political Suspense in Jamaica
By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor It is now the eve of parish council elections in Jamaica. This time it is concurrent with the General Elections in which the PNP (People’s National Party) surprisingly won a mandate over the JLP (Jamaica […]
Forbes: Women in Jamaica
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8. Many will argue that every day is women’s day, especially in a country like Jamaica, where women make up at least 70 percent of university graduates […]
Jamaica Reports Increase in Exports
Above: the Kingston Container Terminal By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica showed a 26 percent year-over-year increase in export earnings between January and September 2011, according to Vitus Evans, president of the Jamaica Exporters’ Association. Total exports for the period […]
Jamaica’s Simpson Miller: CARICOM Countries Must Support Regional Trade
Above: Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff There is a need for greater support from CARICOM countries in strengthening trade within the region, according to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. Simpson Miller made the remarks […]
Jamaica Begins Talks on Severing Ties with British Monarchy
Above: Buckingham Palace By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has begun talks concerning the country’s transition into a republic, according to Information Minister Sandrea Falconer. The Justice Ministry and the Attorney General’s department are leading the talks, spearheaded by a […]
Op-Ed: Saving Jamaica’s Youth
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor There is far too much of a large proportion of youth in Jamaica that is being reared destructively. At midday on any day of the working week one only need to go to Portia Simpson […]
Op-Ed: Changing Jamaica’s Constitution
By Garnett Ankle Op-Ed Contributor At this point in her political career, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller may be thinking of her legacy. How will history judge her? She has an opportunity to make an indelible mark on the political […]
Op-Ed: Challenges Ahead for Jamaica
Above: Jamaica House By Garnett Ankle Op-Ed Contributor In Jamaica, whenever a new prime minister is inaugurated, it always gives me a sense of hope for the future of the island nation. The return to office of Portia Simpson Miller […]
How the Press (and Politicians) Embraced Social Media in Jamaica’s Election
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The 2011 general election in Jamaica saw the use of traditional and social media in ways never before experienced on that island. This was the first such election in that country since the coming […]
Forensic Audit to Begin on Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme
Above: Works Minister Dr Omar Davies at a press briefing yesterday (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaican government will soon begin a forensic audit of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme, a project whose alleged mismanagement led to […]
Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Election Paradoxes
By Patrick A Gallimore Op-Ed Contributor The recently concluded general election in Jamaica was filled with a few glaring paradoxes. There was low voter turnout on election day, yet, the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party government administration was vigorously voted out, […]
The Caribbean Year in Review
For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]
Interview with Dr Peter Phillips
By Alexander Britell Dr Peter Phillips is the former Minister of National Security, Minister of Transport and Works and Minister of Health in Jamaica, having also served in two other ministerial posts. He is now the campaign director for the […]
Interview with Professor Ian Boxill
By Alexander Britell Jamaica’s elections are quickly heating up, and one of those monitoring the political developments closely is University of the West Indies Professor Ian Boxill, who is the Carlton Alexander Chair in Management Studies. Dr Boxill is also […]
Interview with Jean Lowrie-Chin
By Alexander Britell Jean Lowrie-Chin is one of Jamaica’s leading media experts, having founded public relations firm PROComm and created the Jamaica Gleaner’s Flair magazine. Lowrie Chin is also a veteran political analyst, having been a columnist for the Jamaica […]
Jamaica: Surveillance Flight Part of Normal Agreement with United States
Above: a Lockheed P-3 Orion (Photo: Lockheed) By the Caribbean Journal staff The deployment of a United States surveillance plane during last year’s raid of the Tivoli Gardens neighbourhood in Kingston was part of a normal agreement Jamaica enjoys with […]
Jamaica: No US Assistance in 2010 Tivoli Gardens Operation
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaican government said it is refuting a recent report in the New Yorker magazine that the United States gave Jamaica assistance in carrying out security operations in West Kingston in May 2010. The operation […]
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Meets in Venezuela
By the Caribbean Journal staff The new 33-nation Community of Latin American and Caribbean States began its inaugural conference in Caracas today. A host of Caribbean leaders are attending the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development, including […]
Op-Ed: Treason in Trinidad?
By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Trinidad has once again discovered a major conspiracy aimed at the overthrow of the constitutionally-elected Government. The twin island nation seems engulfed with the suppression of a major anti-government conspiracy. This stunning announcement was […]
Selwyn Ryan on CARICOM, Caribbean Crime and Trinidad’s State of Emergency
Above: Professor Selwyn Ryan (Photo: TGISL) By Alexander Britell University of the West Indies Professor Selwyn Ryan is one of the Caribbean’s most influential thinkers. Ryan, who earned his PhD in political science from Cornell University in 1966, has been […]
Forbes: Women and Politics in Jamaica
Above, from left: Jamaican Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, MP Sharon Hay-Webster (JLP) and Culture Minister Olivia Grange By Marcia Forbes, PhD Op-Ed Contributor Patriarchy in Place The debate rages on around the world and is about to get really […]
A Tourism Boom for Jamaica?
Above: the Ritz-Carlton Montego Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s tourism industry could see as many as 20,000 new jobs, along with 15,825 new rooms completed by 2013, according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Holness was speaking at the […]
Rowe: Holness, Nine-Day Wonder?
Above: National Security Minister Sen. Dwight Nelson, Finance Minister Audley Shaw and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Photo: OPM Jamaica) By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor In 1554, Lady Jane Grey was, for nine days, Queen of England before her […]
Jamaica’s Holness Takes over as PM
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Education Minister Andrew Holness was sworn in today as the country’s new Prime Minister, taking over for Bruce Golding, who officially stepped down after more than four years in power. “I have accepted the […]
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