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.
Amendments to the Electric Light and Power Act went through the Senate yesterday. Changes were said to be necessary as a piece was missing.
Guyana remains the world's fastest-growing economy in the world due to oil.
Time and again we are meeting people who tell us of the difficulties they face in trying to monetize their work from Barbados on...