There is division in Jamaica over the government's plan to extend states of emergency, or SOEs as they are commonly called, to fight an upsurge in violent crime in that country. Murders there are now well past the 1000 mark and Prime Minister Andrew Holness has argued that the SOEs are needed, having secured the approval of the House of assembly to get a 46 day extension of the measure in seven parishes.
Economist Anthony Wood is concerned about the divestment of the local sugar industry
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A couple just arrived in Barbados on a cruise ship from Halifax, in Canada. It's not their first visit to Barbados, but the first...