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15 Caribbean Beaches Where You Can Go Snorkeling Straight From the Sand

The Baths in Virgin Gorda.

You don’t always need a boat to find the Caribbean you dream about. Some of the region’s clearest water and most colorful reefs sit just beyond the shoreline, close enough that all you have to do is step off the sand, lower your mask and let the sea take over. These are the beaches where […]

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Jamaica's Christopher Coke Sentenced to Maximum 23 Years in Prison

Above: Jamaican strongman Christopher Coke (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican strongman Christopher Coke has been sentenced to 23 years in prison by US District Judge Robert Patterson. Coke, the leader of the international criminal organization called the “Shower Posse,” was based in the Tivoli Gardens section of Kingston. The 23-year sentence was the […]

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US Government Seeks Maximum 23-Year Prison Term for Christopher Coke

Above: Christopher Coke By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States is seeking the maximum 23-year prison term for Jamaican strongman Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy and assault charges in August. The US’ efforts to extradite Coke to the United States, and the Jamaican government’s apparent resistance to do […]

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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 People’s National Party, the current PNP spokesman on finance and a candidate for the Jamaican […]


US Government Seeks Maximum 23-Year Prison Term for Christopher Coke

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor If matters go wrong in a free society, it is in the public interest that a free media exist to provide the public with information that the public has a right to know. This is particularly true in the case of young democracies like Jamaica. Without a free press, […]

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 was aimed at capturing Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher Coke, who was later extradited to the […]

Jamaican's Holness Admits United States Surveillance Help in Tivoli Gardens Raid

In a shift from earlier comments by National Security Minister Dwight Nelson, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness admitted that the government had accepted an offer from the United States government for surveillance and imagery assistance during the May 2010 raid in Kingston’s Tivoli Gardens. Earlier, Nelson had said that the Jamaican government had not made […]

Holness Calls for End to Garrisons

Above Jamaican PM Andrew Holness (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff New Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he will engage Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller in dialogue aimed at dismantling Jamaica’s garrison communities from the political landscape. Holness, who, at 39, is Jamaica’s youngest-ever leader and its first born after independence, called for […]

Op-Ed: David Rowe on the End of the Line for Christopher Coke

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Christopher Coke is a violent, politically affiliated Jamaican drug lord who was arrested while disguised as a woman in the company of a friendly pastor. Yesterday, Mr Coke struck a plea bargain with the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, on the eve of […]

Jamaican Opposition Plans Island-Wide Protest over Extradition Affair

Jamaica’s Opposition People’s National Party is planning an island-wide protest concerning the government’s handling of the extradition crisis involving Christopher “Dudus” Coke. Former Justice Minister KD Knight, the lead attorney representing the party during the recently-concluded Commission of Enquiry, said the protests will begin tomorrow. [Jamaica Observer]

Court Allows Coke Wiretap Evidence

By Alexander Britell Jamaican strongman Christopher Coke’s motion to exclude wiretap evidence taken against him in Jamaica has been denied in US Federal Court. Coke is alleged to have controlled the Tivoli Gardens area in Kingston since the early 1990s and controlled the deadly Shower Posse criminal organization. Coke, whose US request for extradition sent […]

Jamaica's Manatt Commission of Enquiry Report to Go Public June 14

Information Minister Daryl Vaz The Jamaican Cabinet will discuss the report of the Manatt Commission of Enquiry on June 13 at Jamaica House, according to Information Minister Daryl Vaz, and the report will be tabled in Parliament the next day. After being tabled, the report will be “a public document,” according to Vaz. The report […]