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.
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Alison Drayton, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), speaks on the violence in the Caribbean. She shares her...
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