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The first item on the 8 o’clock news on CVM TV this evening was the parliamentary committee debate on the Offences Against the Person Act, in particular, marital rape. This might seem like old news in other parts of the world, but here in Jamaica, there remain laws left over from Victorian times that are Continue reading One step forward, two steps back Teller: I’m sorry, Sir, but this line is for Gold Card holders only. Policeman: And M-16 holders? Teller: … That’ll do nicely, Sir. Best headline of the year so far: MAN RUN OVER WITH MOTOR CAR, SHOT, ESCAPES (source: Jamaica Observer) It’s a fairly typical report of street crime in Jamaica, relying on unsupported interviews with the nearest person at hand, vague and incomplete police statements and victims that disappear, never to reappear. I’d been scanning the local Continue reading Gun Street Girl Following the previous post about poor service, I felt I should balance it with a post about how difficult it is to run a small business in Jamaica, particularly when it comes to getting a loan. Shortly after we arrived in Jamaica last year, we considered taking out a loan to buy a car. Our Continue reading Gone crazy gone mad Last week’s news in Jamaica was dominated by the wage negotiations between the police and government. As with public sector workers elsewhere, the police did not actually go out on strike; instead they used a tactic, and a term, I have not heard of before: the “sick-out”. In effect, over fifty percent of the police Continue reading Ye have not because ye ask not |
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