RSSYour August 10 article, “Independence and Escalating Expectations,” takes the wrong approach in suggesting that Jamaica’s lack of progress, in comparison to its Caribbean neighbours on the Human Development Index (HDI), is attributable to wage inflation fuelled by a population living above its[...]
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Ineffective Responses to Crime in Jamaica
• Crime in Jamaica has reached Brobdingnagian proportions; 845 people have been gunned down since the start of the year. • The Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) is challenging the government’s commitment to fighting crime. • The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons [...]
June 24th, 2005 - 9:57 am § in Belize, Caribbean, Front Page, Guyana, Jamaica, Press Releases, Trinidad and Tobago
Callousness Redefined: How EU and U.S. Economic Policies Spell a Bitter End for the Caribbean’s Sugar Industry
The frustration of Caribbean nations over the European Commission’s (EC) preliminary decision last year to cut the preferential price it pays for the region’s sugar was hardened by yesterday’s elaboration of the proposal. The European Union’s (EU) decision, prompted by the World Trade Organi[...]