From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Travellers to United States concerned, not worried
Published: Sunday April 11, 2010
United States visa applicants gather in front of the embassy in Liguanea, St Andrew, in this Gleaner file photo. -Norman Grindley / Deputy Chief Photographer
Tyrone Reid, Sunday Gleaner Reporter
JAMAICANS TRAVELLING to the United States of America (US) are concerned about the recent non-immigrant visa revocations of at least one prominent businessman and five entertainers, but are scared to comment openly about it.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Although the response was unsolicited, at least one Jamaican with a stern face made it known that she would not touch the issue with a 10-foot pole. Others, fearing possible repercussions, were not willing to speak on record.
Visa holders, it is reported, are not aware that their visa has been cancelled until they arrive at the airline check-in desk at the airport. Our news team captured the mood of travellers to the US at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston on Thursday."
"The baptised New Yorker is among a number of Jamaicans who think the revocations are linked to the extradition tussle between the US and Jamaica involving alleged drug kingpin, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. She is of the view that if the visa revocations are part of a broader punishment package crafted by the US to get Jamaica to extradite the man known in the streets as the 'president', then they are excessive."
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"She opined that the government of her adopted homeland was being unfair because it is said that the 'president' has never travelled to America. However, under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty that deals with extradition, travelling to the requesting state is not a prerequisite for a prima facie case to be made out against an individual and a subsequent extradition request sent."
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
JO - 'We are on our own.' St Andrew Western residents feel alone in struggle against joblessness, violence.
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
'We are on our own'
St Andrew Western residents feel alone in struggle against joblessness, violence
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Features editor — Sunday
thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, April 04, 2010
DERRICK Brown has made some mistakes but he wants to ensure that unemployed, unattached young men in Waterhouse, a community that forms a part of Anthony Hylton's St Andrew Western constituency, do not follow in his footsteps.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"He was deported from the United States last year on drug-related charges but says he has a lot to offer in the way of developing the human resources in Waterhouse, where he grew up."
Jamaica Observer
'We are on our own'
St Andrew Western residents feel alone in struggle against joblessness, violence
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Features editor — Sunday
thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, April 04, 2010
DERRICK Brown has made some mistakes but he wants to ensure that unemployed, unattached young men in Waterhouse, a community that forms a part of Anthony Hylton's St Andrew Western constituency, do not follow in his footsteps.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"He was deported from the United States last year on drug-related charges but says he has a lot to offer in the way of developing the human resources in Waterhouse, where he grew up."
Monday, February 8, 2010
JG - DSP questioned in gun probe
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
DSP questioned in gun probe
Published: Sunday February 7, 2010
A PROMINENT deputy superintendent (DSP) of police was interrogated yesterday for more than eight hours by senior detectives probing last Thursday's massive gun and ammunition find in the Munster Road community of eastern St Andrew.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"A senior a government official, as well as the police High Command, have confirmed that the DSP was taken into custody. Up to news time last night, he was still being questioned. There are allegations that he was picked up after his home was searched by his colleagues."
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"Over 11,000 assorted rounds of ammunition and at least 19 guns, believed to have been stolen from the police armoury on Elletson Road, Kingston, were found at a home on Munster Road. A police sergeant who was assigned to the armoury was nabbed at the scene."
Jamaica Gleaner
DSP questioned in gun probe
Published: Sunday February 7, 2010
A PROMINENT deputy superintendent (DSP) of police was interrogated yesterday for more than eight hours by senior detectives probing last Thursday's massive gun and ammunition find in the Munster Road community of eastern St Andrew.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"A senior a government official, as well as the police High Command, have confirmed that the DSP was taken into custody. Up to news time last night, he was still being questioned. There are allegations that he was picked up after his home was searched by his colleagues."
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"Over 11,000 assorted rounds of ammunition and at least 19 guns, believed to have been stolen from the police armoury on Elletson Road, Kingston, were found at a home on Munster Road. A police sergeant who was assigned to the armoury was nabbed at the scene."
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
JG - Sex shop invasion - Communities appeal to authorities; practice devalues properties
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Sex shop invasion - Communities appeal to authorities; practice devalues properties
published: Sunday June 29, 2008
RESIDENTS IN a number of upper St Andrew neighbourhoods have been seeking the urgent assistance of the police to shut down several sex shops that have invaded their communities, "carrying property values down".
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Assistant Superintendent of Police Wayne Cameron of the St Andrew Central police confirms that massage parlours or sex shops, are on the rise in the Corporate Area and that the police is currently investigating a number of them."
"(T)hese "houses of pleasure" are ensconced in high-end residential areas and it's not easy to single them out.
According to the police, operators of massage parlours have been shelling out hefty sums to rent or lease these homes."
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"A source from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) says massage parlours are - on the face it - legitimate business ventures for which one can be granted a licence to operate in a residential area.
However, the CCN source points out that if transactions, including sex in exchange for money is proven, operators could be charged with aiding and abetting prostitution which is illegal in Jamaica.
Those who operate without licences are fined according to the discretion of judges in local courts, with higher fines for habitual offenders."
Jamaica Gleaner
Sex shop invasion - Communities appeal to authorities; practice devalues properties
published: Sunday June 29, 2008
RESIDENTS IN a number of upper St Andrew neighbourhoods have been seeking the urgent assistance of the police to shut down several sex shops that have invaded their communities, "carrying property values down".
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Assistant Superintendent of Police Wayne Cameron of the St Andrew Central police confirms that massage parlours or sex shops, are on the rise in the Corporate Area and that the police is currently investigating a number of them."
"(T)hese "houses of pleasure" are ensconced in high-end residential areas and it's not easy to single them out.
According to the police, operators of massage parlours have been shelling out hefty sums to rent or lease these homes."
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"A source from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) says massage parlours are - on the face it - legitimate business ventures for which one can be granted a licence to operate in a residential area.
However, the CCN source points out that if transactions, including sex in exchange for money is proven, operators could be charged with aiding and abetting prostitution which is illegal in Jamaica.
Those who operate without licences are fined according to the discretion of judges in local courts, with higher fines for habitual offenders."
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
JO - Air Jamaica needs to explain Miami route cut
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
Air Jamaica needs to explain Miami route cut
Thursday, January 29, 2009
We have to believe that the decision by Air Jamaica, the national airline, to drop its Miami route, among others, was based on very strong financial reasons.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Over time, Miami became the heart and soul of Air Jamaica. For convenience, it is hard to beat. Jamaicans needing to do business and shopping in Miami, a little over an hour away, and return home the same day, depended on those flights."
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"Miami has become for Jamaicans, "Kingston 21", a virtual extension of Kingston and St Andrew, because of the many nationals living in Florida and the heavy traffic between the two gateways."
Jamaica Observer
Air Jamaica needs to explain Miami route cut
Thursday, January 29, 2009
We have to believe that the decision by Air Jamaica, the national airline, to drop its Miami route, among others, was based on very strong financial reasons.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Over time, Miami became the heart and soul of Air Jamaica. For convenience, it is hard to beat. Jamaicans needing to do business and shopping in Miami, a little over an hour away, and return home the same day, depended on those flights."
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"Miami has become for Jamaicans, "Kingston 21", a virtual extension of Kingston and St Andrew, because of the many nationals living in Florida and the heavy traffic between the two gateways."
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
JG - Some successes in Grants Pen - USAID
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Some successes in Grants Pen - USAID
published: Sunday May 25, 2008
In this February 28 file photo, students participate in a peace march in the Grants Pen community in St Andrew organised by the Violence Prevention Alliance. The United States Agency for International Development says some success was achieved from the community-policing model implemented in the area a few years ago. - File
DESPITE OBVIOUS challenges with the community-based policing model in Grants Pen, St Andrew, the project's donor, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is pointing out that there are some successes being reaped from its current project in the community.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"USAID says while PERF's work was well received by some residents in Grants Pen, its contract was terminated due to some failures on the part of PERF."
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"While murders were down, robberies and rape had increased in the community, the agency says, and according to some police officers, Grants Pen had got out of control.
Subsequent to PERF's termination, USAID says Management Systems International (MSI) was contracted to seek out, sustain and replicate successful elements of the project under a new initiative, the Community Empowerment and Transformation (COMET) project."
Jamaica Gleaner
Some successes in Grants Pen - USAID
published: Sunday May 25, 2008
In this February 28 file photo, students participate in a peace march in the Grants Pen community in St Andrew organised by the Violence Prevention Alliance. The United States Agency for International Development says some success was achieved from the community-policing model implemented in the area a few years ago. - File
DESPITE OBVIOUS challenges with the community-based policing model in Grants Pen, St Andrew, the project's donor, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is pointing out that there are some successes being reaped from its current project in the community.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"USAID says while PERF's work was well received by some residents in Grants Pen, its contract was terminated due to some failures on the part of PERF."
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"While murders were down, robberies and rape had increased in the community, the agency says, and according to some police officers, Grants Pen had got out of control.
Subsequent to PERF's termination, USAID says Management Systems International (MSI) was contracted to seek out, sustain and replicate successful elements of the project under a new initiative, the Community Empowerment and Transformation (COMET) project."
Thursday, January 22, 2009
JG - Charles Hanna celebrates 60
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Charles Hanna celebrates 60
published: Sunday May 18, 2008
Chester Francis-Jackson, Contributor
Suzanne Issa (left) with Charles Hanna and Jackie Issa at Hanna's birthday party in Stony Hill, St Andrew. On Friday, January 23, 1998, at a reception at the then Crown Plaza Hotel in Manor Park, at the launch of the commemorative book, Edward Rasheed Hanna - The Man and His Times, the esteemed Robert MacMillan, in his dedication, spoke of his childhood and the fond memories it held of his many visits to the castle on the hill overlooking Kingston, and of the 'king' of the castle and his beloved family. The 'king' was the late Edward Rasheed Hanna and the castle was the Hannas family home, The Knole, located in Stony Hill in upper St Andrew.
(Note: The "then Crown Plaza Hotel in Manor Park" is now the Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza and was formerly the site of Fort Belle.- CAA)
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"(T)he Hannas and their sense of place in Jamaica's history are long documented.
Charles Hanna was born in Kingston, the son of Edward and Olga Hanna; Edward being the son of an immigrant family from Lebanon who settled in Jamaica in the mid-1800s.
Through industry, commitment and hard work, Hanna went on to become one of the island's wealthiest businessmen.
With a portfolio that included dry goods, industry and real estate, the Hanna name became a household one.
At the time of his death in 1978, the mantle of carrying on the family business was passed to his son and heir Charles."
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"Among the shortlist of critically hand-picked guests were his sister, the charmingly lovely Mary Hanna; former US Embassy charge d'affaires Lacy Wright; long-time Hanna family friend Robert MacMillan; glamour sisters Jackie and Suzanne Issa, their sister-in-law, the lovely and elegant Oriente Issa; Chris Bovell and his charmingly elegant wife Michelle; Earl Levy and his wife, the gracious Beverly Junor-Levy and their daughter, the lovely Susan Louis; Anthony and Jeanne Watson and their son James; Norman Rae; and Roger and Sheila Butler."
Jamaica Gleaner
Charles Hanna celebrates 60
published: Sunday May 18, 2008
Chester Francis-Jackson, Contributor
Suzanne Issa (left) with Charles Hanna and Jackie Issa at Hanna's birthday party in Stony Hill, St Andrew. On Friday, January 23, 1998, at a reception at the then Crown Plaza Hotel in Manor Park, at the launch of the commemorative book, Edward Rasheed Hanna - The Man and His Times, the esteemed Robert MacMillan, in his dedication, spoke of his childhood and the fond memories it held of his many visits to the castle on the hill overlooking Kingston, and of the 'king' of the castle and his beloved family. The 'king' was the late Edward Rasheed Hanna and the castle was the Hannas family home, The Knole, located in Stony Hill in upper St Andrew.
(Note: The "then Crown Plaza Hotel in Manor Park" is now the Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza and was formerly the site of Fort Belle.- CAA)
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"(T)he Hannas and their sense of place in Jamaica's history are long documented.
Charles Hanna was born in Kingston, the son of Edward and Olga Hanna; Edward being the son of an immigrant family from Lebanon who settled in Jamaica in the mid-1800s.
Through industry, commitment and hard work, Hanna went on to become one of the island's wealthiest businessmen.
With a portfolio that included dry goods, industry and real estate, the Hanna name became a household one.
At the time of his death in 1978, the mantle of carrying on the family business was passed to his son and heir Charles."
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"Among the shortlist of critically hand-picked guests were his sister, the charmingly lovely Mary Hanna; former US Embassy charge d'affaires Lacy Wright; long-time Hanna family friend Robert MacMillan; glamour sisters Jackie and Suzanne Issa, their sister-in-law, the lovely and elegant Oriente Issa; Chris Bovell and his charmingly elegant wife Michelle; Earl Levy and his wife, the gracious Beverly Junor-Levy and their daughter, the lovely Susan Louis; Anthony and Jeanne Watson and their son James; Norman Rae; and Roger and Sheila Butler."
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
JG - It's silver for the Hills
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
It's silver for the Hills
published: Sunday June 1, 2008
United States Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson (second left) with Aubyn Hill and his children Alana and Alexander.
photos by Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
They came from near and far, as far away as Florida and as near as just across the fence, to celebrate a beautiful silver wedding anniversary with Aubyn and Tamara Hill on Monday, May 26, in a perfect setting created by Michelle Lee and Dawn Woodstock at their Cherry Gardens, St Andrew, residence.
Read the whole article here.
Jamaica Gleaner
It's silver for the Hills
published: Sunday June 1, 2008
United States Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson (second left) with Aubyn Hill and his children Alana and Alexander.
photos by Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
They came from near and far, as far away as Florida and as near as just across the fence, to celebrate a beautiful silver wedding anniversary with Aubyn and Tamara Hill on Monday, May 26, in a perfect setting created by Michelle Lee and Dawn Woodstock at their Cherry Gardens, St Andrew, residence.
Read the whole article here.
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